Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

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Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Viv » Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:21 pm

So were has that old BD5 with the two 130r Gluhareffs got too? any body know?

It would be fun to fix the 130s or fit some new GLC 200s and see it actuelly fly.

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re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Mike Everman » Sat Sep 10, 2005 6:19 am

Yeah, man that was sexy.
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Post by skyfrog » Sat Sep 10, 2005 7:14 am

BD5 a perfect airframe for our 150lbs turbojet engine. We have a 1000lbs turbofan under development, is it too big for BD5 ?

BTW, here's a turbojet version BD5

http://www.bd5.com/my5j.htm
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re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Mark » Sat Sep 10, 2005 2:01 pm

How come they didn't mount the engines directly behind the pilot instead off to the sides? Or maybe the pilot was a skinny fellow and his backside wasn't big enough. ; ) It's just a streamline factor I posed awhile back, saying the more streamline the engine the better.
Of course there are several planes that do so, but there are quite a few that opt to hang them on the wing or somewhat off-center for some reason.
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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by luc » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:55 pm

Found this one in our Bagotville Military Base airshow archives ... But no 130R behind ... :(

Just a 240 lbs. thrust turbine on it ... :(

Keep on looking ... :arrow:

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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Ghrey » Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:15 am

I all ways wanted one of those, I think I even still have prints around here somewhere.

Good question, I have no Idea, ...
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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Mark » Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:35 am

I recently read an article in the September issue of Air and Space at work about the BD-5. One time the pilot experienced low oil pressure and had to land on a highway and coasted down an off-ramp into a gas station running over those rubber hoses that went ding-ding when a car rolls over them and came to a stop, back in the days when you didn't have to pump your own gas. ha
The Bond film decided to use this true story in the film, sort of a tongue-in-cheek humor, I guess a perfect match for the film's genre. The pilot even saved the newspaper article about the event to prove that it was true.
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Post by Ghrey » Mon Sep 01, 2008 7:53 pm

Thank you for that Mark, I for one greatly appreciate the info.

Got to find those prints...
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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by luc » Sat May 05, 2012 3:33 am

Nobody ever did find that Old BD5 with two 130R ...

I wounder if someone will ever get a shot at getting and refurbishing them on day?
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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by Ghrey » Sat May 05, 2012 6:43 am

Thank you for that reminder; I have been doing some cleaning up lately and some new file boxes have turned up, I'l give them a look.
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Re: Weres that DB5 with the 130rs ??

Post by luc » Sat May 05, 2012 12:28 pm

Ghrey wrote:Thank you for that reminder; I have been doing some cleaning up lately and some new file boxes have turned up, I'l give them a look.
No problems ... :wink:
I was just going over old stuff my self as last evening was a relaxe one ...
Amazing ... Looking back an seing all the things that can happen in just a few years ... :lol:
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