Most aircraft engineers, tasked with designing a new STOL aircraft, wouldn’t opt to drill 160,000 holes in the wing and utilize two piston engines to drive a single pusher propeller.
But then again, most engineers aren’t Jim Bede.
Bede XBD-2: Experimental Prototype for Unique Technologies
The clean-sheet aircraft design sought to improve aerodynamics by incorporating its twin engines in the aft fuselage.
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