Hey the BD-5 looks great! Think you might get it done before summer is over? Come fly it down in SLC or Grantsville. Let me know if you need any assistance getting the turbine set up.

Cheers!
Mark West
SLC, UT
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Mark,

Thanks, good to hear from you. I hope to have it finished by the end of the month, I will keep you updated as the first flight gets closer.

You are right, the gear is pretty high. We fly off of salt flats here, so I wanted to keep it high so I didn't get salty dirt coming through the intakes. This is also a proto-type plane, so the next one I will have shorter gear and do a little more on the scale detail.

Very cool project. I have been sort of waiting for the X-tremejets BD-5J.

Do you plan on selling the fuse and cores? If so, how much? I think that it would be a unique model to have and there should be plenty of room to stuff everything in that fuse.

Tailwinds,

John

It's amazing how a little paint makes a plane come to life. Here are some pictures of how I painted the BD5 fuse. I tried using a stencil, which worked better than expected. I have a vinyl cutting machine and instead of trying to match the blue and red with vinyl, I did the inverse and used a stencil and paint. Let me know if you have any questions.

Sticks

Here is the fuse as it sits right now.

Ohmigosh, that is just TOO COOL !!!!

sweet paint job!

That is sweet. keep us updated on it

Here are some more pictures of the BD-5J. Now it is time to put in the electronics and then go fly.

Hi, John

yes, the ARF BD-5 will releae on Oct 2008, i just received the pictures from my customer (Mr. Danny Sermon) , who got the BD-5 ARF at Jet Power Last year....and who won the first place in the category of Civil Aircrafts on the Airshow 2008.

video: http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=2hgyV_S87L4

Best regards

Anton

More pictures....................

Keep me posted, since I´m very interested in the ARF kit.

Hector

pilot TW, any chance in offering a bare kit? I like the BD-5 as the lines look "close", but their are some things that need to be changed to it in order for it to be "right" for me. I'm looking at doing a extremely scale version of the BD-5, and a kit would be a better option for me.

Did I miss where this build thread got hijacked?????

Dave

Anton,

I have been looking at the pics of your Bede and it just doesn't look "right". I have many photos and drawings of the aircraft on file but if you look at what is posted here on RCU and compare it with the 3-view and the cutaway side view that I have on file, you will see that the tail pipe is too long and the vertical fin on your rendition is too far aft. Did you do this because of stability issues with the scale profile? What engine was in the model in the video?

Tailwinds,

John

The exhaust end on the extreme jets is too long.


But, I will probably still buy one!

Hi, John

yes, you are right,

we already modify ithe vertical fin position , here is second prototype's picture (short wings), but I perfect produces the long wings as the first prototype in the Video,

the BD-5 powered by P-60 in the Video,

Best regards

Anton

Anton,

Much better with that fin position. Are you going to shorten the tailpipe as well? Also have you considered making a flying stab like the full-scale airplane?

+1

Anton, if you need any info on the full scale BD-5, let me know. I've had experience with them, as i've owned and built four.

If you're interested in an 1/2-Scale-version: I'm flying my BD5 since 3 years, now with a jetCat P160. A kit will be available from Thorsten Klaus (http://www.air-tech.info/):






Greetings


Andy

+1

Did I miss something too? No updates from the thread starter Sticks-RCU it looks like for a while.

Andy, Very nice BD, I would be interested in the kit. I am flying a Byron convert. to turbine. Rick

Hi, all BD-5 fans

here are pictures for the new X-Treme Jets BD-5 (composite wings).....

we will dispaly it at Jet Power fair 2008.

Best regards

Anton

Anton: this is Hector from San Juan, Puerto rico. I'm extremely interested in this jet. So when it goes for sale I WANT ONE, please, keep me posted.

Thanks, Hector