Official Nexa OV-10 Bronco 1800mm ARF Discussion Thread

[Nottoday]

And now I am ready.

cheers
Markus

[MikeT]

Great makeover and better yet the flying was even better.

Mike

[sam51401]

I now have 4 flights on my OV-10. I completely re-painted the model to replicate the OV-10 I flew out of Danang Airbase, Republic of Vietnam, that had my name on it.
The model is powered by Propdrive, V2, 50-50, 580KV motors. Using 5500, 5S Lipos, Castle "ICE" 100 Amp. ESCs. Stock WaveRC (drop in fit) retracts. 14X8X3 Master Airscrew props. counter rotating. Callie graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJimVbMNkY

Nice flight and welcome on board.

[Kangi1954]

I now have 4 flights on my OV-10. I completely re-painted the model to replicate the OV-10 I flew out of Danang Airbase, Republic of Vietnam, that had my name on it.
The model is powered by Propdrive, V2, 50-50, 580KV motors. Using 5500, 5S Lipos, Castle "ICE" 100 Amp. ESCs. Stock WaveRC (drop in fit) retracts. 14X8X3 Master Airscrew props. counter rotating. Callie graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJimVbMNkY

Very nice looking bird. Thanks for sharing your flight video and technical info. It's very cool to see a FAC Bronco jockey flying a replica of his old Bronco.

[fjkelley@cox.net]

I now have 4 flights on my OV-10. I completely re-painted the model to replicate the OV-10 I flew out of Danang Airbase, Republic of Vietnam, that had my name on it.
The model is powered by Propdrive, V2, 50-50, 580KV motors. Using 5500, 5S Lipos, Castle "ICE" 100 Amp. ESCs. Stock WaveRC (drop in fit) retracts. 14X8X3 Master Airscrew props. counter rotating. Callie graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbJimVbMNkY

[MikeT]

Great, maybe i will have to do the same.

Measure twice cut once. I just eyeballed it and could have left a bit more on the legs. I wasn't really thinking when I unwrapped the cockpit and started cutting with my bandsaw. .


Mike

[wrangler1]

Whacked them off below the knees. I didn't want anything in the battery compartment. It gives me more freedom to move stuff around.

Mike

Great, maybe i will have to do the same.

[MikeT]

Very nice pilots, and here the Parts from Dirty Dee I am ready.

All of Dee's stuff is awesome. Nice paint work.

Mike

[MikeT]

Hello..how did you fit the legs, did you cut a hole or cut the legs jeje.? Can you please post more photos on how you did it?.

Thanks

Whacked them off below the knees. I didn't want anything in the battery compartment. It gives me more freedom to move stuff around.

Mike

[Nottoday]

Very nice pilots, and here the Parts from Dirty Dee I am ready.

[wrangler1]

As promised needs a bit of adjustment but it works for me.
Mike

Hello..how did you fit the legs, did you cut a hole or cut the legs jeje.? Can you please post more photos on how you did it?.

Thanks

[MikeT]

As promised needs a bit of adjustment but it works for me.
Mike

[MikeT]

Mike, are you to the point of placing the pilots in their "Office"? How well do they fit?

Should be this week sometime. From what I understand I'll need to trim their legs which is no big deal for me. I'll post a picture.

Mike

[TBolt]

Got my pilots from Mike over the weekend. Waiting on retracts and I'll be set.

Mike

Mike, are you to the point of placing the pilots in their "Office"? How well do they fit?

[walkerm45]

Now how do we hook up the steering?

[James]

The Xwave dropped into the mains perfectly. I will do the nose gear tonight or tomorrow definitely and will update

[Rosytime]

Mine is ready to maiden. I was going to use a separate Life battery for the servos and receiver, but the voltage range on the Hi Tec 225s I'm using is only to 6 volts and the Life battery is 6.6 volts. I'll just have to add more weight to make up the difference. So far I have added about 8 oz of weight to get the CG correct. Not happy with that but it's necessary. I'll let everyone know my impressions of the OV-10 after flying it.

[Kangi1954]

Got mine as well, about to install them in the bronco and see how they do. I will update later today. They look and feel solid.

What method will you use to secure the nose strut in the retract?

[MikeT]

Played with mine this morning very smooth operation. I'm impressed.

Mike

[James]

Got mine as well, about to install them in the bronco and see how they do. I will update later today. They look and feel solid.