BD-5B ELECTRIC JET

AEWBD5BELECTJET

The Aeroworks BD-5B Electric ARF is a pusher prop jet. It has plenty of speed for those of you that like fast airplanes accompanied by the right maneuverability for tearing up the sky. This stand off scale airplane brings back your memories of James Bond wildly flying the BD-5B in and around structures in the movie "Octopussy". The original full scale airplane was a single seat homebuilt kit aircraft that was introduced in the early 1970's by Bede Aircraft Corp. It was designed by Jim Bede. Even though 5000 kits were shipped, only a few were actually completed due to the company's bankruptcy in the mid-1970's. The failure of the company was brought on by its failure to deliver a reliable engine for the design. Today, only about 30 kits are believed to be airworthy. You may not want to fly your plane through buildings like Rodger Moore did in the movie, but you sure can have some fun with this high speed ARF.

This built up balsa wood airplane is tough and can take-off and land on pavement or short grass. (See video)

Specifications:

Manufacture: Aeroworks
Construction: Balsa Built Up
Wingspan: 39 inches
Wing Area: 460 sq. in.
Flying Weight: 26 oz.
Wing Loading: 8.2 oz./sq.ft.
Length: 30.75 in.
Motor: 275-300 watts

Additional Items Used to complete the ARF:

Motor: NeuMotors Brushless 1107/2Y-3400 (450 watts)
Battery: VampPowerPro 3cell, 2200 Platinum (25C)
ESC: Castle Creations Phoenix 45 Brushless
Radio equipment: Futaba 9C, Vampowerpro 6 Ch. DualConversion Receiver, and Vampowerpro Lightning Digital Servos (LDS-28)

Building Requirements:

Modeling Knife
Electric Drill and selection of bits
Phillips screwdriver
Needle nose pliers
Allen wrenches US and Metric
Scissors
Tweezers
Wire Cutters
T Pins
Medium sandpaper
Ruler and tape measure
Pen, pencil or felt tipped marker
Rubbing Alcohol
Masking Tape
Waxed paper
Hobby Iron
Hobby heat gun