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Two Small BD-4C Tasks

July 14, 2017 Art Zemon

I finished two small tasks on my Bede BD-4C airplane this week.

First, I fabricated and installed backing plates (a/k/a skin doublers) for the VOR antenna and the transponder antenna.

VOR antenna backing plate
VOR antenna backing plate, located inside the tunnel of the Bede BD-4C, just forward of the main landing gear box.
Transponder antenna backing plate
Transponder antenna doubler in Bede BD-4C airplane, mounted below the pilot’s left rudder pedal

Second, I fabricated and installed the seals for the gaps between the main landing gear legs and the bottom of the fuselage. Scale is a little hard to guess, unless you just happen to know the dimensions of the BD-4C landing gear. These are about 10×5 inches. The actual seal is some sort of heavy duty rubber gasket material. There is an aluminum retainer which holds the seal in place.

Bede BD-4C landing gear leg gap seal and retainer
Bede BD-4C landing gear leg gap seal and retainer
Bede BD-4C landing gear leg gap seal, installed on right gear leg
Bede BD-4C landing gear leg gap seal, installed on right gear leg

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Comments

  1. Gale says

    July 14, 2017 at 5:08 pm

    It looks like one of the antennas are pretty close to a nut, Are you going to be able to get the antenna lead on there?
    Gale

  2. April H says

    July 15, 2017 at 9:29 am

    Pretty cool! I hope I get to see pictures of the finished product. Miss you all at UH. Take care.

  3. Craig Louis says

    July 21, 2017 at 2:18 pm

    Very clean work, Art.

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