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.
"anon" wrote in message
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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.

I thought so too. It turns out the engine is too wide and too heavy, and the
fact it is watercooled adds even more complexity. So far, I haven't seen a
single BD-5 built with a 912.

"wesley maceaux" wrote in message
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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.
"anon" wrote in message
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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.








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"wesley maceaux" wrote in message
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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.

My father had a friend that owned one and he loved it. I'm not sure what
powerplant he used, but the fact that he probably didn't weigh over 160lbs,
was an Air Force pilot, and built light - probably helped the cause.

I think a lot of Cessna 150/172 guys found more they could handle in the
BD-5, especially after losing an engine. I think if more BD-5 pilots were
less concerned about getting back to the airport after an engine failure and
more concerned with maintaining airspeed, we'd have a few more BD-5 pilots.

Do the stats back that up in any way?

That said, designing around an unproven engine is probably a bad place to
start. Designing around an engine that hasn't been produced, probably a
bigger problem. I forget the details. What did the prototypes fly with?

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"wesley maceaux" wrote in message
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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.

My father had a friend that owned one and he loved it. I'm not sure what
powerplant he used, but the fact that he probably didn't weigh over
160lbs, was an Air Force pilot, and built light - probably helped the
cause.

I think a lot of Cessna 150/172 guys found more they could handle in the
BD-5, especially after losing an engine. I think if more BD-5 pilots
were less concerned about getting back to the airport after an engine
failure and more concerned with maintaining airspeed, we'd have a few more
BD-5 pilots.

Do the stats back that up in any way?

MOST DEFINITELY. And it never ceases to amaze me how many people flying ANY
type of aircraft buy the farm because of this.

That said, designing around an unproven engine is probably a bad place to
start. Designing around an engine that hasn't been produced, probably a
bigger problem. I forget the details. What did the prototypes fly with?

It's all on my website's library.



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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