Official Nexa OV-10 Bronco 1800mm ARF Discussion Thread

[MikeT]

OK I'm on the fence but really tempted.

Mike

[Rosytime]

Mine is on the way. I might wait for the admiral motors for the build but I have an E-Flite 32 already in the spare parts so I might just use it and get another. It's rated at 800 watts with a 5s set-up so it should be plenty of power. I will try it on 4s first to see if it flies well. My current OV-10 uses Rimfire 32s on a 4s and it flies great at just above half throttle. But again, it's smaller and lighter. With this one weighing more, it's always better to have too much power than just enough. I have everything else needed to finish this kit sitting in the spare parts bin so not much out of pocket to complete it. I also have some 5s batteries I use in a couple of my planes. The only other item I like to do is put 3-bladed props on it as I did on the one I have now. I know that in the air you can't see them, but they just look much cooler while on the ground.

[OV10]

Hello, I'm new here and my name is Markus, I'm from Germany.

The Bronco has been flying great for 1 years. After the video I kicked out the Turnigy motors and replaced them with Leopard 5055 430kv that works much better now and has more power. Drive: Leopard 5055 Masterairscrew 15x7x3 and 2x 6S 4200mAh battery, the propellers have a 8300rpm with the engines. Flight time is about 10min. Here are my videos with the old engines and yes the propellers now turn inwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yHneqiZvTs&t=45s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XacSQuEIZE&t=2s

Hello Markus and welcome to the Squawk.
I saw those vids last year which was what turned me on to the pursuit of that Pichler Bronco but I couldn't get a response from them.
Glad MRC has one now:Cool:

[Hardway]

Welcome to Hobby Squawk!!!! Glad you are on board... :Cool: Jerry from Texas!! Willkommen bei Hobby Squawk!!!! Ich freue uns, dass Sie an Bord sind ...

[killickb]

I have both the Uravitch version and the smaller K&A version, both very nice flyers. Great news on Motion carrying Pro-Fly and BlackHorse models —- I still prefer balsa to foam but do do both.
However these models can run up the $ quite quickly if you have to buy every component, the Bronco can easily triple the kit price — may have to change my too many mediocre models to a few quality ones !

[MikeT]

"The quality will remain long after the price is forgotten". Balsa and Ply airplanes just fly better.

Mike

[fhhuber]

Cost to buy and build from a kit would approach or exceed the cost of the ARF.

Cost to scratch build would approach cost of the ARF.

I was given a kit for the Proctor/VK 1/6 scale Sopwith. Cost to complete it to level of the same scale arf available at the time was $75 MORE than the ARF. Of course I bought better stuff so, it cost the kit PLUS double the cost of the ARF.... Then I started adding servos, motor, ESC and RX.

[Nottoday]

Thank you for a friendly welcome.:Cool:
Charlie sorry if I overlook you.

With 1000,- $ one must count on it has many servos, 2 motors, 2 ESC and 2 Akkus. ESC is from the Freewing A-10, I just cut off the BEC and bought one from HK the YEP 20A.

[Rosytime]

I have been in this hobby since the early 70's. You bought a kit of sticks and a plan. When you were done purchasing everything else you had at least as much as the kit price and then some. When ARFs came out I was ecstatic since although I liked building I hated covering. Again, whatever the ARF price was, double it to finish. So those of you that are recently new to this hobby and are only use to PNP aircraft, I can see the angst of paying for all the equipment needed to complete one of these balsa ARFs. I can also see the problem of repairing one of these balsa aircraft if all you ever have flown a foamy. It's becoming a lost art in the hobby. But I can assure you that balsa flies better.

[Nottoday]

Yes, and 7kg fly better than 3kg especially in windy conditions.

[DCORSAIR]

I have been in this hobby since the early 70's. You bought a kit of sticks and a plan. When you were done purchasing everything else you had at least as much as the kit price and then some. When ARFs came out I was ecstatic since although I liked building I hated covering. Again, whatever the ARF price was, double it to finish. So those of you that are recently new to this hobby and are only use to PNP aircraft, I can see the angst of paying for all the equipment needed to complete one of these balsa ARFs. I can also see the problem of repairing one of these balsa aircraft if all you ever have flown a foamy. It's becoming a lost art in the hobby. But I can assure you that balsa flies better.

Boy do I remember those days, staying up late hrs and sanding a balsa nose or wingtips to shape, CA glue stuck fingers, epoxy all over everything including my plans, needle pins, clothespins and clamps holding everything straight only to find out that the wing came out warped, I was so happy when the ARF kits arrived.

If I do get one of these down the road, mine will have to be nitro, love the sound of two nitro burners humming together, electric prop planes just don't do nothing for me, going to wait though until I see some feedback from those that do purchase this OV-10.:Cool:

[sam51401]

Boy do I remember those days, staying up late hrs and sanding a balsa nose or wingtips to shape, CA glue stuck fingers, epoxy all over everything including my plans, needle pins, clothespins and clamps holding everything straight only to find out that the wing came out warped, I was so happy when the ARF kits arrived.

If I do get one of these down the road, mine will have to be nitro, love the sound of two nitro burners humming together, electric prop planes just don't do nothing for me, going to wait though until I see some feedback from those that do purchase this OV-10.:Cool:

Sounds like a great candidate for a Mr Sound sound system to me!

[Beeg]

Sounds like a great candidate for a Mr Sound sound system to me!

Why would you put a sound system in an electric model airplane of a turboprop airplane? Twin electrics are closer to a turbine sounds than nitro or gas by a wide margin. If you want more noise just put some crazy props on the thing.

[Aros]

LOLLOLLOL

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[DCORSAIR]

Why would you put a sound system in an electric model airplane of a turboprop airplane? Twin electrics are closer to a turbine sounds than nitro or gas by a wide margin. If you want more noise just put some crazy props on the thing.

You know I didn't think about the OV -10 having turbine engines, never really paid any attention to that part. I had an OV-10 yrs ago, I think it was the Rich Ult. one, fun flyer with two OS .25 nitro burners, sounded great for piston engines but may not be scale for the Bronco.LOL

[paladin]

merry Christmas and happy birthday all wrapped in one Charlie!

do I have to hide the matches now?

Joe

[Rosytime]

Just got mine today. Will try and get out some pics comparing it to the smaller Ov-10 I have. It looks awesome so far.

[Spitfire4life]

Please do Rosytime, we look forward to seeing your first impressions.

S.

[Rosytime]

Stuart or Alpha, I just got the Bronco and looking at the specs it recommends for servos the HiTech HS-485HB. The problem is that it will be too big for the space allotted for servos in the hatches. It's 39.8mm long and as you can see by my pics the opening is only 32mm. A HiTech HS-225BB mini servo fits it perfectly. The manual also again says use a 6s lipo with a 25 3526 870kv or a 35 4220 770kv motor. So why the discrepancy from the web page and the manual. I never did get an answer on what motors and ESCs were used when it was flown on 6s.

[Spitfire4life]

Hi Rosytime, sorry to see that, these are of course the incorrect servo's (have have now corrected the listing). Could you please contact CS directly and we can arrange for these to be replaced with suitable ones. Regarding power I believe I saw that Alpha did post on his experience with flying on 6S at the factory last year though I can't find that post right now. Our own motor and lipo recommendation is spec'd to give over 100 watts/lb and we settled on this as its a power set-up suitable for this scale subject we felt. You can of course opt for a 6S set-up for way beyond scale speed and power at max and there has already been a bunch of worthwhile 6S set-ups posted in regards to that, but the feedback is appreciated and we always want to cater for all desires, so I'll work on getting a 6S set-up suggestion added to the listing.

S.