BD-14
Bede BD-14 artist's concept
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Bede Aircraft
Designer Jim Bede
Status Production completed
Number built One
Developed from Bede BD-12

The Bede BD-14 was an American homebuilt aircraft, designed by Jim Bede and produced by Bede Aircraft of Medina, Ohio, introduced in the 1990s. The aircraft was intended to be supplied as a kit for amateur construction, but only one was ever built.[1][2]

Design and development

Designed as a four-seat development of the Bede BD-12, which was, in turn, a two-seat version of the single-seat Bede BD-5, the BD-14 was to feature a cantilever low-wing, a four-seat enclosed cockpit under a gull-wing canopy, retractable tricycle landing gear and a single engine in pusher configuration. The aircraft was built from fibre-reinforced plastic composite materials.[1]

The company that currently owns the rights to the design, BedeCorp, indicates that production was not started due to the cost of tooling and the lack of funds.[2]

Operational history

In April 2015 no examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration, although one had been registered to the designer at one time.[3]

Variants

BD-14A
Prototype
BD-14B
Proposed production version.[1]

Specifications (BD-14A)

Data from AeroCrafter and Bede sales brochure 1994[1][4]

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. ^ a b c d Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 346. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1
  2. ^ a b Bede Corp. "BD-12/14". Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  3. ^ Federal Aviation Administration (April 15, 2015). "Make / Model Inquiry Results". Retrieved April 15, 2015.
  4. ^ BD 12/14 sales brochure 1994

External links

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