Bede BD-7

BD-7

Role  | Utility aircraft
Designer  | Jim Bede
Status  | Abandoned project
Number built | 1

The Bede BD-7 was a light aircraft constructed in the United States in 1976. It shared the Bede BD-5's pusher propeller configuration but was considerably larger. The fuselage was all-metal, and the wings used the unique "panel-rib" wing construction pioneered on the Bede BD-4. Some sources state that the prototype (registration N7BD) flew in December 1976, but most suggest that it was never actually completed, much less flown.

## Specifications (prototype)

General characteristics

* Crew: one (pilot)
* Capacity: three passengers
* Length: 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
* Wingspan: 24 ft (7.3 m)
* Height: 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
* Wing area: 94 sq ft (8.7 m2)
* Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360 horizontally-opposed piston engine, 200 hp (150 kW)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 200 mph (320 km/h, 170 kn)
* Range: 1,000 mi (1,600 km, 870 nmi)

## See also

Related development

* Bede BD-5

## References

* Taylor, JWR, ed (1976). Jane's All the World's Aircraft, 1976-1977. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
* Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 123.
* World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 05.
* aerofiles.com
* BD News 1976

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