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Old January 5th 07, 05:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
Peter Dohm
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Default Ok, what about the BD5

It is interesting that we often look at a design approvingly, only to
talk
about the lack of a suitable powerplant.

I find this perverse, as it acts like the powerplant isn't part of the
design.


It's a good looking little plane..The rotax 912uls should give this plane

a
real boost in performance .Always wanted one but the stall speed was way

too
high for me.A stall of 40knts would be great but no dice.


If you're really curious, a web search on BD-5B will give you more info in
the longer winged version and some available engines. The stall is obvoiusly
slower than that of the BD-5A, altohough I presume more than 40 Kts. Too
small and impractical for me these days, but...

Peter