Cobra Jet BD5
Product Code: CJBD5
Our Price: $3,298.00
Description
The Bede BD-5 Micro is a series of small, single-seat homebuilt aircraft created in the late 1960s by US aircraft designer Jim Bede and introduced to the market primarily in kit form by the now-defunct Bede Aircraft Corporation in the early 1970s.
The BD-5 has a small, streamlined fuselage holding its semi-reclined pilot under a large canopy, with the engine installed in a compartment in the middle of the fuselage, and a propeller-driving engine – or jet engine in the BD-5J variant – mounted immediately to the rear of the cockpit. The combination of fighter-like looks and relatively low cost led to the BD-5 selling over 5,000 kits or plans, with approximately 12,000 orders being taken for a proposed factory-built, FAA-certified version. However, few of the kit versions were actually completed due to the company's bankruptcy in the mid-1970s, and none of the factory built "D" models was produced, as a result of the failure to find a reliable engine for the design.
In total, only a few hundred BD-5 kits were completed, although many of these are still airworthy today. The BD-5J version holds the record for the world's smallest jet aircraft, weighing only 358.8 lb (162.7 kg)Cobra BD5 Specifications:
- Length 1550mm
- Wingspan 2000mm
- Dry weight -7.5kg
- Engine 6 - 12kg
Kit includes:
ARF
- Airframe
- Electric Retracts and brakes
- Tail Pipe
- 2.0L Fiber Glass Fuel Tank
- Accessories Package
PnP
- 150cc UAT
- Integrated Plugs and Wires
- GDW 635 * 5pcs (32kg @ 7.4v)
- GDW396 * 2pcs (12.5kg @ 7.4v)
- All installed
Control Surfaces deflections
ELE: 20mm
Rudder: 25mm
Aileron: +10mm, -10mm
FLP take off: - 40%
FLP landing: - 60%
CG: 10 - 20mm forward from the center of the main tube