AzurPoly releases the BD-5J for MSFS

***ColoKent*** · August 26th, 2021, 10:58

Just bought the new AzurPoly BD-5J for MSFS...LOVE IT. Only wish it had a paint kit so I could do Richard Bach's BD-5J:

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Absolutely flies great...problem...can't do a full fuel load unless you weigh next to nothing.

Kent

***Tom Clayton*** · August 26th, 2021, 12:41

Got a purchase link?

**StormILM** · August 26th, 2021, 13:43

It's at Simmarket, here is the link: https://secure.simmarket.com/azurpol...-5j-msfs.phtml

***Tom Clayton*** · August 26th, 2021, 13:53

Thanks! One more for the stuck section.

**StormILM** · August 26th, 2021, 14:11

I just got and flew it, it's a real hoot! I can always trust that if Kent likes a model, I normally will. I have always been in love with this little jet since I saw one back in the mid 70's.

***ColoKent*** · August 26th, 2021, 14:22

Thanks for the find words, Bryant...I just flew it AGAIN and enjoyed it. If you manage to go back and find some of the old Flying/Air Progress articles about not only the -5J, but also the plain old BD-5, it is interesting reading. The airport where Bede did the development work on the plane and trained new pilots on it was at Newton, Kansas (KEWT, I think)....they had a pickup truck with a movable gantry with a BD-5 stuck on it, that would let pilots get the feel of the airplane as the pickup sped down the runway! Interesting times..

Kent

P.S. I STILL want a paintkit for it...!

***BananaBob*** · August 26th, 2021, 19:15

Cool, remember this from the Bond movie, "Octopussy", sweet!

**dvj** · August 27th, 2021, 07:51

As a wee lad, I wanted to build the BD-5 so bad. I even paid for the promo kit that had very nice design profiles of the craft. In the end, I did not have the tools or the space to build one. School was calling anyway.