BD-5 family drawings

[Tophe]

A Lightning P-38 married a BD-5 and they had 3 babies:

[kerick]

Your creativity always brightens my day!

[Tophe]

Thanks!

Maybe the last step is the wedding between other BD-5 and Mustang, Twin-Mustang. They had children too:

[Tophe]

I forgot (to dream of) the single-fuselage push-pull BD-5. Here is she:

[Tophe]

What-if a B-58 Hustler pilot wants a fun plane at home (homebuilt)? What kit to buy and build? BD-5H! (or ZH):

[Tophe]

For the export market were designed the Bdirage and Twin-Bdirage:

[Tophe]

And canard versions too:

[Tophe]

and a twin-boom canard rarity:

[PR19_Kit]

We haven't seen the canard delta.....................yet. 

[Tophe]

Thanks!
And yes, here is the missing link:

[PR19_Kit]

Magnifique! 

[kerick]

and a twin-boom canard rarity:

This reminds me of something Burt Rutan would build.

[TheChronicOne]

BD-5U and BD-5H. 

[Tophe]

Thanks!

This reminds me of something Burt Rutan would build.

Ahem, you know: the difference is that Burt Rutan is a sane engineer while I am a crazy dreamer...

[Weaver]

That twin-boom canard design looks like it would probably have something going for it in real life.

Re the BD-5S sailplane stability issue, one thing that occurs to me is that, since the engine isn't there, you could fit an extended boom into the tube where the prop/jet used to go, and mount the tail surfaces on it, thus putting them further back for greater leverage and also moving the C0fG back a bit to compensate for the loss of the engine. Of course, structural strength would be an issue, as would the lack of space for control linkages. Perhaps the latter issue might see them going back to a V-tail?