Official Nexa OV-10 Bronco 1800mm ARF Discussion Thread

[MikeT]

1/7 scale without mask, one with visor up and one with it down. Decap each at the knees and send unassembled at shoulders and waste. Should be getting mine soon but he was in the process of moving back to Evansville. I'll post pics once I get the crew.;)

Mike and I emailed and ordered a couple. Short of retracts I have everything I need to begin the assembly.

Mike

[sam51401]

Ok gents, I have the HobbyHangar/Uravitch 52" kit. Still virgin too!!! SO here are the pics of the T45 mains and Yak nose struts placed on the plans and can give a good size relationship
for reference. I have a Turbinator jet and looking at the nose strut for that, i think it may work if i can machine a longer link to move the yoke closer to horizontal, not fully flat.

[TBolt]

Dirty Dee, If you will be offering the exhaust, Please put me down for a set. My Bronco should be arriving tomorrow :)

[Dirty Dee]

As we talked, a simple base of 3mm to cap the side against the boom should give plenty of support to with screw from the inside. What other secure way could we consider?

Im thinking a base plate with 2 screws, both along the horizontal plane. This way it should be easy to mark and install on both sides, and prevent unwanted tilting. The exhaust and fairing piece will then clip onto the base, and be glued on with plastruct or acetone.

[sam51401]

First test of the exhaust. Missing mounting details as well as the forward aero fairing, but it's promising

As we talked, a simple base of 3mm to cap the side against the boom should give plenty of support to secure with screws from the inside. What other secure way could we consider?

[sam51401]

1/7 scale without mask, one with visor up and one with it down. Decap each at the knees and send unassembled at shoulders and waste. Should be getting mine soon but he was in the process of moving back to Evansville. I'll post pics once I get the crew.;)

[MikeT]

Ok, site is still in works
https://mhartfab.wixsite.com/benchma...wi-wwii-pilots

Mike Hicks has a bit of free time and offered to knock out a couple for me for the OV-10 what size did you discuss with him?

Thanks
Mike

[fhhuber]

Here is a pair of mains from HK, on back order and no ETA. I think this design would work if it were machined at the elbow to allow it to straighten out when retracted. I don’t mind an out of scale retract opening and door. This set is 120mm to the axle, and it would allow any size tire/wheel.

That set, machined to straighten would result in broken struts

[OV10]

First test of the exhaust. Missing mounting details as well as the forward aero fairing, but it's promising

Here's to hoping that you'll be offering to sell those when finalized ;):Cool:

[MikeT]

First test of the exhaust. Missing mounting details as well as the forward aero fairing, but it's promising

Looks great.

Mike

[Dirty Dee]

First test of the exhaust. Missing mounting details as well as the forward aero fairing, but it's promising

[Boots Whirlygig]

The main gear are easy ones from HK or other shops. The nose gear , as designed, is different, and when using HK unit, the steering bar bottoms out before the wheel is in the well. That is why I was asking what others are doing to correct this problem...

Mike

Here is a pair of mains from HK, on back order and no ETA. I think this design would work if it were machined at the elbow to allow it to straighten out when retracted. I don’t mind an out of scale retract opening and door. This set is 120mm to the axle, and it would allow any size tire/wheel.

[sam51401]

Use the EFlite 60-120 units. I compared dimensions and are same.

[MikeT]

Rather than redesigning the wheel I'll wait on the Xwave retracts. Patience does have it's rewards.

Mike.

[walkerm45]

The main gear are easy ones from HK or other shops. The nose gear , as designed, is different, and when using HK unit, the steering bar bottoms out before the wheel is in the well. That is why I was asking what others are doing to correct this problem...

Mike

[wrangler1]

Hi all, i just bought the OV-10 and spent a great time looking for the electronic retracts. Today i chat with a MRC support agent and he told me that the suggested xwave retracts are going to be available around 3 to 4 months from now, so i'm wondering if anyone does have another retract options that are not sierra or Robart?.

[sam51401]

Received the MRC order at the LHS of the main struts and nose strut. First impression, too small. :( Will tell more once i get more into it on that. I really believe that these struts would fit much better on the 52" kit and not a 70" but again, its trial and error in this game. I havent tried to carve the spinners yet but will make the pattern for both CW and CCW blades more toward this weekend.
I have a larger forked jet strut that i will look at and see if that may work a little better. Short of a small mill or access to a machine shop, the gear will most likely be the one elusive factor to get it closer to a realistic representation.
Oh well, on to other items like the exhaust. Chris(DirtyDee) and i talked at this last weeks event and he is looking to see what he can contribute.
Keep the ideas flowing and we will hit on something good soon.

[Kangi1954]

I just received my Dubro 2.5" 3-blade spinners. The MAS 12x8 standard prop fits perfectly with no trimming required. Even the counter rotating prop almost fits in the cut-outs and will require only very minimal trimming. Woo hoo! Love it when a plan comes together. :)Now if I can figure out what I'm gonna do about the nose gear. I don't really like the push/pull cable of the stock set-up. I'm looking at the 90mm YAK nose gear from FW but that presents it's own set of engineering problems due to the need to relocate the steering servo. Anyone solved this yet? Photos would be awesome.

[Nottoday]

Hey Dirty Dee, very nice if you can print them i would take them.

Best Regards
Markus

just opened up my file that I stopped working on 2 years ago. Here is a pic of what I have.

[Boots Whirlygig]

Geez the scale landing gear is sooo sexy.:Drooling: