Author Topic: BD-5 Truckaplane (Read 343 times)

Chairboy · « **on:** January 14, 2007, 07:33:36 PM »

My question, how do you log this?

http://w1.rob.com/pix/BD5/truckaplane

Brenjen · « **Reply #1 on:** January 14, 2007, 07:37:24 PM »

That looks like it would be a lot of fun to play in actually. Get it on a big oval track & fly your butt off

Habu · « **Reply #2 on:** January 14, 2007, 07:58:26 PM »

That was the original way the first pilots learned how to fly the BD-5.

It was sold to home-builders and it was a single seater so it was a sales dilemma to get people to buy who would not be able to get flying lessons in them before they did their first flight.

That was a way for them to practice the landing and takeoff flight characteristics.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #3 on:** January 14, 2007, 08:08:45 PM »

I think that was the closest Lepaul ever got to flying a BD-5, (and that was probably in a dream!)

Bad31st · « **Reply #4 on:** January 14, 2007, 10:10:49 PM »

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Originally posted by Brenjen
That looks like it would be a lot of fun to play in actually. Get it on a big oval track & fly your butt off

better yet get it on a circular track, run the truck throttle up to the plane and you don't need a driver...

LePaul · « **Reply #5 on:** January 14, 2007, 11:50:53 PM »

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Originally posted by Ripsnort
I think that was the closest Lepaul ever got to flying a BD-5, (and that was probably in a dream!)

With my luck, the thing would've busted and I would've set a record for the only pilot to get run over by a truck...on a runway.

I sold my BD-5 3 years ago. Essentially when it was impossible to insure and would require no less than $70,000 to get flying.

Wes14 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 15, 2007, 12:28:34 AM »

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Originally posted by LePaul
With my luck, the thing would've busted and I would've set a record for the only pilot to get run over by a truck...on a runway.

Lmao