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Bede BD-17 Nugget

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Kitbuilt single-seat low wing single piston light aircraft with metal honeycomb fuselage.

Bede BD-17 Nugget
Lift type
Fixed wing
Assembly
Kit-built
Control
Piloted
Engine type
Piston
Application
Sport

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure
Primary structure
Composite
Wing
Composite
Landing gear
Retractable tricycle
Ice protection
None
Pressurisation
Unpressurised
Systems & avionics
Flight controls
Mechanical
Autopilot
None
Avionics architecture
Analogue
Configuration & certification
Wing position
Low
Planform
Straight
Tail
Conventional
continued
Certification
Experimental-LSA
Minimum crew
1

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Type variants

VariantLaunch / first flightProduction endNotes
Bede BD-17 Nugget2001 / 2000Single-seat sportplane kitbuilt with constant-chord wings, optional folding wings.

Airframer

Bede Corp LLC

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