Same size as me so I would have needed that mod as well. Just as well as I had no money but at that time I had the young and immortal mindset so I probably would have ended up like the second owner.
--FT Sent from iFōn > On Nov 20, 2022, at 12:06 PM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > A very long time ago, I built a BD5 from the kit, which was never supplied > complete, as Mr. Bede did in those days. Which meant that I made multiple > trips to Newton, KS, to kick parts into existance that otherwise didn't > exist since Bede had and owned the only full set of jigs and fixtures. > One of the things that I did was redesign the cockpit area by adding 11 > inches, which would accommodate my 6'4" body. Since Bede never supplied an > engine that would work, I designed / modified a Honda Civic engine with > gear reduction to drive the prop, and flew the airplane with good success. > Bede and I had a love / hate relationship because I had "redesigned his > airplane" and made it work... which it did. It was wicked fast, had the > flight personality of a run over rattlesnake, and always drew way more > attention than I wanted. I sold it after about 200 hrs of flight and a > 1,000 hrs of "fixing" to a guy that promptly destroyed it and himself... > case closed... > Anyway, as someone here stated, the cycle looks very much like the Bede > aircraft, only it has 2 sets and is about as crash worthy... [ie, one > mistake and you die]. > A Benze it is not. > >> On Sat, Nov 19, 2022 at 7:51 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I saw one of those things once. The jet. It was like the size of my >> bicycle. The pilot couldn’t be much over 5’ to fit into it. It was very >> cool though and I bet it was lots of fun >> >> --FT >> Sent from iFōn >> >>> On Nov 19, 2022, at 9:46 PM, dan penoff.com via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Someone made a comment to that effect in the comments early on. >>> >>> -D >>> >>>> On Nov 19, 2022, at 9:42 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> That thing looks like a BD-5 >>>> >>>> --FT >>>> Sent from iFōn >>>> >>>>>> On Nov 19, 2022, at 10:58 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Might need to black out the cheesecake >>>>> https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1985-owos-pulse/ >>>>> _______________________________________ >>>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>>> >>>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>>> >>>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>>> >>>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
