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James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 9:14 am
by Shadowe
Im not sure what kind of aircraft it is but it appeared in an older James Bond movie Octopussy i think it is a small plane .... does anyone know the one im talking about? ???

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:23 pm
by TSC.
Hi Shadowe,

You must mean this one, the Acrostar Jet from Octopussy:
Image
Try googling Acrostar or Acrostar jet.

Specs

The Acrostar was powered by a Micro-turbo TRS-18 a tiny but powerful jet engine. The plane could carry only the pilot, and was only 12 foot in length. It handled under the following performance:

Top speed: 514 km/h
Cruising speed: 432 km/h
Thrust: 250 pounds
Maximum altitude: 30,000 feet
Climb rate: 2800 foot per minute

Cheers,

TSC.

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 4:00 pm
by Shadowe
thanks ill try googlin it

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 8:37 am
by Shadowe
googled it found nothing :( any one know where to find one?

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 11:40 am
by C
Try Bede BD-4 or BD-5 off the top of my head...

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:21 pm
by The Ruptured Duck
PA-28 Archer

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 9:21 pm
by The Ruptured Duck
Never mind, wrong movie

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 6:23 am
by SilverFox441
It's the BD-5J.

The only download I'm familiar with is here: http://www.surclaro.com/downloads_c10_500_dateD.html

It's an FS2002 model...might work OK.

Re: James Bond Aircraft

PostPosted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:20 pm
by TSC.
Hi shadowe,

Just posted some shots of the jet your looking for here (Downloaded from SilverFox441's post above):

Octopussy Jet For shadowe

Hope it's helpful,

TSC.

PS: I just Googled 'Bede BD-5' & got lots of results.