Any rotary powered BD-5s under construction or flying?

   Jim Rudholm

Jim,
There are a few out there. The best known one is (BD-5B/EI-DNN) flown by
Howard Cox in England. He has a Norton/Midwest engine and went through
he!! getting it licensed. British CAA doesn't like BD-5s.
You can also see photos of a Washington state installation. The engine
is for sale. Go to: www.BD5.com <http://www.BD5.com>
The top photo is Howard's BD-5 in flight over England. If you scroll
down to the classifieds and click there then choose For Sale you can see
photos of the rotary up for sale.
Keith Hindshaw, who used to run Bede Micro in San Jose, installed some
Nortons and was going to offer them for sale but the deal fell through.
That was several years ago.
If you are ever in Oakland go to the museum just off North Field. They
have a Mazda powered BD-5 on display. It has something like 265 hp and
cooling problems were never solved.
Hope this helps,
John Lewis
N501BD


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