BD-5D Parts Kit

Specifications Name: BD-5D Scale: 1:12 Wingspan: 64.25" Length: 43.5 " Weight: 7lbs.

The designer writes, "Features For the experienced modeler who wants a fascinating project, we offer plans for Jim Bede's famous pusher prop airplane the BD-5D. Jim furnished drawings & a quarter scale prototype fiberglass fuselage to Palmer Plans to assure scale authenticity. Jim himself built quarter scale prototypes for testing. The tiny mid-engine aerobatic airplane has a wing span of only 64.25" & a length of 43.5". This long wing version has a target weight of 7 lbs., 7 oz., dry, & a wing area of 505.8 sq. in. The K.&B. . 40 engine is enclosed in a well ventilated mid-fuselage position behind the cockpit & is connected ( via a machined stainless steel driveshaft mounted in miniature aircraft bearings) to the pusher prop. . R.C. operation is 5 channel. Equipped with mechanical retracts, this offering is for the experienced modeler."

The parts set contains all the shaped balsa and plywood parts shown on the plans to build the basic airframe, such as formers, bulkheads, wing ribs, tail and stabiliser parts. The Parts Set will save you days of hand cutting.

Builder to add stripwood/sheeting and plans.

If you need any extra wood or accessories then SLEC UK Ltd will have a wide selection for you to look at. If you are ordering on both sites, on the SLEC website when it comes to postage tick collect from store and in the customer comment put a note asking the order to be added to your Belair order and then we will send eveything in one go once your Belair order is ready to be sent.

BD-5D Parts Kit

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