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The BD-4 is a light general aviation aircraft marketed in the United States for homebuilding since 1968. It was the first home-built aircraft to be offered in kit form, and remains one of the world's most popular home-builds with thousands of plans issued and hundreds of versions completed.
The Bede BD-4 is an American light aircraft, designed by Jim Bede for homebuilding and available since 1968. It was one of the first homebuilt aircraft to be offered in kit form. [1] . It remains one of the world's most popular homebuilts with thousands of plans sold and hundreds of examples completed to date. [citation needed]
The BD-4C is a greatly improved four seat model with 1,200 lb (544 kg) empty weight and 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) gross weight. Estimated construction time is 700 hours. Two models completed and flown by 2011 with kits currently being assembled around the world.
13 Ιουν 2018 · Essentially, the BD-4 is an upside-down BD-1, a low-wing two-seater that first flew in 1963 and became the [Grumman] American AA-1. Both designs embraced building efficiencies like square corners and slab-sided fuselages, and the BD-4 offered optional folding wings and landing gear configurations.
1 Ιουλ 2009 · The BD-4 was designed to be built by homebuilders who have only simple shop tools and no previous experience; however, the finished product is a high-performance, low-cost, all-metal aircraft capable of carrying two to four persons.
John Holland's homebuilt airplane that has continually negated his need for a production craft is a BD-4. This slab-sided, Hershey bar winged wonder first appeared as plans in 1968 and began showing up in people's driveways as big kit boxes in 1970.
31 Μαρ 2014 · BD-4 design improvements and large fin and rudder kit, send SASE for details. Articles in EAA and related publications: Transcript of BD-4 Forum at Rockford PART 1 (3 pages.) Transcript of BD-4 Forum at Rockford PART 2 (3 pages.)