Richard Isakson wrote:

wrote...
Thought you folks may be interested in the story. One could probably
say that the BD-5 had far more testing that just about any
experimental aircraft. And the testing was by real professional
engineering test pilots.


Dave,

Keep in mind, both the performance and the stability of the prop version of
the plane are much different then the jet version used in rhe Air Force
program.

Rich



However, both have very light stick pressure, nearly zero breakout force
and hardly any stick gradient (increasing stick pressure with increasing
G load).

Which is quite unlike the feel of Air Force inventory.

And can make the plane a handful for a ham handed pilot.

Richard