Official FlightLine OV-10 Bronco Discussion Thread

[Evan D]

This plane is very underpowered compared to what we are used to. We are so used to planes with unlimited vertical and throttle up if you are in trouble... This has more of a full scale level of power. I am extremely happy with the power swap I did. 2 1/2 times stock power plus more efficient.

This mornings video. I only recorded part of one flight.

https://youtu.be/4BvxAfIwV6Y

[Jpmcdo]

Sorry to hear this. I haven't experienced that with mine. She is no speedster for sure, but plenty of power to fly like an OV-10. Were you in a slow turn?

Yes, probably. It was windier than I like and I was also using a runway I rarely have to use. We have two runway's in an X at Buder Park in St. Louis county. I'm so used to flying eflite planes at half and I was slowing down in a sloppy turn since the plane was not trimmed out yet. I'm sure it was my fault but I will say the receiver I used, a Spektrum AR637T showed a high frame loss of 733.

[James]

My maiden this morning was a complete bust! And when this plane goes down there isn't much left to repair. It is grossly underpowered and I may have just stalled it, but it went straight in on the nose. Fuselage is beyond repair, both booms broke in half and took the plastic connectors for the horizontal stabilizer with them, the center section has a crack that might be repaired, but one flap tore away. Two gear bent as I was trying to bring it around and land.

I broke a cardinal rule of mine and bought this plane probably too soon. I tend to wait and see what others experience and say before I buy a new plane. Now I get to see what the parts are going to cost to see if I even salvage this are walk away.

Sorry to hear this. I haven't experienced that with mine. She is no speedster for sure, but plenty of power to fly like an OV-10. Were you in a slow turn?

[Jpmcdo]

My maiden this morning was a complete bust! And when this plane goes down there isn't much left to repair. It is grossly underpowered and I may have just stalled it, but it went straight in on the nose. Fuselage is beyond repair, both booms broke in half and took the plastic connectors for the horizontal stabilizer with them, the center section has a crack that might be repaired, but one flap tore away. Two gear bent as I was trying to bring it around and land.

I broke a cardinal rule of mine and bought this plane probably too soon. I tend to wait and see what others experience and say before I buy a new plane. Now I get to see what the parts are going to cost to see if I even salvage this are walk away.

[xviper]

I'll try to get a video of the smoke trails.

[Evan D]

Sounds good! Good luck with the maiden.

[xviper]

They are the props from the Eflite EC-1500.
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product...select-efl5750
They are 10x8x5, counter rotating. I also had to use the back plate and spinner from the EC and a longer screw to hold the spinner on. I've doubled the ESC size to 60A. I just hope the OV's motors will hold up. I'll have to watch how long and how often I max out the throttle. The EC uses a Power 15 motor, 650kv. It also weighs a couple hundred grams lighter and can do 3D hovering with it's powertrain. The EC seems to fly much faster than the OV-10 and with more grunt. Both fly on 4s. I hope to give the "new" OV a try this weekend.

[Evan D]

Tell us about the props. They look like they will pull a lot of power.

[Beeg]

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You going to power it with a couple of these?

http://www.xicoyturbines.com/News.html

[OV10]

OH MY MY, that is a huge blunderous fopah

[xviper]

HEADS UP ................................... Re: Propeller adapter Type C for OV-10.

During my conversion to Scimitar props for this plane, one of the prop adapters broke just under the threaded shaft. I bought a couple of replacements as follows:
https://www.motionrc.com/products/fl...adapter-type-c
These seem like the correct adapters, EXCEPT that they are actually for the B-24. They are the right size and length but the holes and screws are not the same. They are designated the same for both the B-24 and the OV-10. THEY ARE NOT!
1. The holes in the front of the motors are NOT the same size. The little screws provided with the adapters are for the B-24 only, which are smaller than in the motor for the OV-10.
2. The holes in the adapter themselves are also smaller because they are meant for the B-24. However, it is possible to "tap" them to the proper size using the OV-10 screws. It's delicate, so they MUST be lined up correctly or you may break one or more. If you do break one, I'm not sure Motion RC will be able to match them for you because they may be under the impression that they are the same. Sending you another adapter kit WON'T work as they'll come with the same smaller screws and same smaller screw holes. YOU MUST KEEP THE OLD SCREWS FROM THE OV-10 ADAPTER.
Even though it's listed that the two motors are the same, they are NOT - at least not in the sense that the holes on the front of them are the same. OV-10 - bigger holes, thus bigger screws.
I hope Motion RC sees this and do some homework to get the right sized screws and adapters when a customer orders up a replacement prop adapter kit. Also, for when a customer orders up a motor for the OV-10. If it's for the B-24, the old OV-10 adapter won't screw on.

[OV10]

That Steve……..he's always in the good spots

[TiredIronGRB]

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[OV10]

I don't know if this was previously mentioned... I was catching up on a few podcasts and the guy from Legends Hobby (formally VQ Warbirds) was on and said they will be having an OV-10 towards the end of the year. WITH A 14 FT WINGSPAN. My first thought was what the heck are they going to power it with? He went on to say a couple of his "premier" (Code for Doc/Lawyer that can afford $10-20K birds ) customers that he gave a heads up to mentioned putting a couple of turbines (turboprops) on it. Now that would look scale.

And it would need it's own dedicated rollin hangar too I'm just hangin loose to see if that A-1 that they just acquired is gonna have any quirky issues before I step up

[Bellke]

I don't know if this was previously mentioned... I was catching up on a few podcasts and the guy from Legends Hobby (formally VQ Warbirds) was on and said they will be having an OV-10 towards the end of the year. WITH A 14 FT WINGSPAN. My first thought was what the heck are they going to power it with? He went on to say a couple of his "premier" customers that he gave a heads up to mentioned putting a couple of turbines (turboprops) on it. Now that would look scale.

[flgboy]

Transporting this plane is a bit awkward. Here is how I ended up wall mounting it. Most other small planes can be go on the wall straight in or sideways.

[Jpmcdo]

I answered your question in the "other" forum. I won't go into it much as I'm a bit more polite here.

Well said, thanks for the reply.

[ronwc]

Just to let you guys know, test flew my OV-10 today with the APC 10x8 two blade props, not counter rotating. It made quite a big improvement in speed and pull, which is what I was hoping. The airspeed itself was probably 5 to 8 mph faster, but the big difference was in the pull going up, mainly in doing a loop/climb, definitely better. The non counter rotation made no difference at at, not that I thought it would. I may try two 10x10 props later, but right now happy with it. The total price for to 10x8 props and two 2" spinner was about $22. Here are pics of amps and watts with stock three blade and with 10x8 two blade.

[Evan D]

😃 Yeah, the "other place" is the jungle!

[xviper]

I answered your question in the "other" forum. I won't go into it much as I'm a bit more polite here.