Bede BD-2 Love One
| DONNÉES GÉNÉRALES |
| Année du premier vol (ou de design, si seul projet) |
1967 |
| Pays | USA |
| Designer(s) | BEDE, Jim |
| Premier constructeur | Javelin Aircraft Corporation, USA |
| Type d'appareil | Motoplaneur |
| Fonction | Expérimental |
| SPÉCIFICATIONS TECHNIQUES |
| Envergure | 19.27 m |
| Longueur | 8.4 m |
| Hauteur | -- |
| Allongement | -- |
| Surface alaire | 17.8 m2 |
| Profil aile | -- |
| Masse à vide | 885 kg |
| Masse maxi | 2400 kg |
| Charge alaire | -- |
| Vitesse mini | -- |
| Vitesse maxi | -- |
| Finesse maxi | |
| Taux de chute mini | -- |
| Nb sièges | 1 |
| Structure | -- |
En vol avec le train tricycle non largué [via Virtual Aircraft Museum]
[via Virtual Aircraft Museum]AUTRES INFORMATIONS
| Constructeur(s) |
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| Infos techniques | Motoplaneur dérivé du Schweizer 2-32, conçu pour des records de distance. Moteur Continental IO-360-C de 225 CV. | ||||||
| Histoire résumée | The first flight was made 11 March 1967 The BD-2 was a specially built airplane to demonstrate and establish world distance records. It was developed by having a Schweizer 2 32 airplane modified in specific manner. The wings were completely sealed to hold a large quantity of fuel. Special wing tip were developed and two main fuselage tanks permitted a total fuel capacity of 2100 litres. The BD-2 set numerous distance records and one for maximum close course record beating a B-29. This aircraft was flown on the record flight for 70 hours solo by Jim Bede. The Bede BD-2 Love One (Low Orbit Very Efficiently Number One) was an American single-seater experimental aircraft designed and built specifically for an attempt to fly around the world without refuelling, and first flown in 1967. The Bede BD-2 was a mid-wing cantilever monoplane based upon the airframe of a Schweizer 2-32 sailplane, of all-metal construction powered by a Continental IO-360-C six-cylinder horizontally-opposed air-cooled engine providing a top speed of 312 kmh and a range of 45,865 km. After being forced from what became American Aviation, Bede tried his hand at a record breaking around-the-world flight in a specially modified Schweizer 2-32 powered glider he called the BD-2. He nicknamed the airplane "LOVE", a contraction of "Low Orbit, Very Efficient". The aircraft was modified to dramatically increase fuel tankage to 565 gallons (2,140 l), which included the addition of two large tanks in the fuselage, sealing the wings to turn them into tanks, and adding tankage on the wing-tips as well. It was completed in April 1966 (although other sources say 1968), and while he did not attempt its two-hop-around-the-world trip, Bede set several distance and endurance records, including a 70-hour endurance record in October 1969. This flight only ended after an electrical failure, just under 9,000 miles (14,500 km) being covered by that point. | ||||||
| Liens personnalités | BEDE, Jim (USA) | ||||||
| Remarques | Love One = Low Orbit Very Efficient One |
SOURCES DOCUMENTAIRES
| Liens WEB | Site : Virtual Aircraft Museum . Note + 1 photo + specs. (2009-12-27 CL) Site : Probert Encyclopedia . Note + 1 photo (petite). (2009-12-27 CL) Site : Wikipedia . Biographie. (2009-12-27 CL) Site : Wikipedia . Note. (2012-11-17 CL) Site : Airport Data . 4 photos du N1981P. (2012-11-17 CL) |
| Livres | Pas de livre référencé. |
MODÈLES RÉDUITS
| Pas de plan ou kit référencé. |
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