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Bede BD-4C

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Four-seat, metal aircraft with folding wings for storage.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Utility

Design & construction

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Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Configuration & certification

Wing position

High

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Bede BD-4C	2009 / 2009		Four-seat kitbuilt aircraft.
SureWings BD-4C-S	2024 / 2024		Re-engined, modernised variant.

Airframer

Bede Corp LLC
SureWings		Design of BD-4C sold to SureWings in 2024.

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