Official FlightLine OV-10 Bronco Discussion Thread

[t01ga]

Cockpit upgrade coming along to my satisfaction!

[Evan D]

Nice. What nose wheel is that?

[t01ga]

Nice. What nose wheel is that?

Thanks. Changed all wheels to J Perkins airwheels. I believe it is a British brand.

[vduniec]

Cockpit upgrade coming along to my satisfaction!

Looking good! What file did you use for the pilots?

[t01ga]

Looking good! What file did you use for the pilots?

Thanks. They are Huey pilots from Real Model Pilots in the UK.

[thomasnwilliams]

t01ga, Outstanding work! couple of questions..... did you replace the seats with site ejector seats? Assuming you used 1/9 scale, how did you fit the full legs or did you cut them off. First time seeing this site, THANKS!

[t01ga]

t01ga, Outstanding work! couple of questions..... did you replace the seats with site ejector seats? Assuming you used 1/9 scale, how did you fit the full legs or did you cut them off. First time seeing this site, THANKS!

Thanks bud. No the seats are the same, I just cut a piece of foam as in the picture. The pilots; before ordering them I assumed like you that the plane would be 1/9 scale. So the 1/9 scale pilots I got was way to be big. So I took a measurement between the front seat base and the tip of the seat head rest and ordered new pilots by that measurement.
To fit the pilots I had to cut the boots of the front pilot and just the tip of second pilots boots and enlarged the whole a little at the foot wells.

[thomasnwilliams]

Tolga..... Thanks for the info, checking out the site to order now!

[t01ga]

Tolga..... Thanks for the info, checking out the site to order now!

Thomas, you can contact Sean on the website and ask him if he could print the same pilots giving him my details (Tolga Yilmaz).
I can send you photos of where I cut the pilots and the foot well.
I also modified the arm of the front pilot. I cut the left arm at the elbow at 45 degree angle then cut a wedge from the lower arm , twisted and glued back so the hand is parallel to the ground as if operating the throttle.

[thomasnwilliams]

Tolga Thanks, I'll contact Sean, Your pictures here give me what I need to modify the Pilots once I get them. My problem now is getting the account set up, not getting the confirm Email they say they sent, I'll work it out and get them ordered ASAP. Thanks for all your help and the shared detail work! Tom

[t01ga]

Tolga Thanks, I'll contact Sean, Your pictures here give me what I need to modify the Pilots once I get them. My problem now is getting the account set up, not getting the confirm Email they say they sent, I'll work it out and get them ordered ASAP. Thanks for all your help and the shared detail work! Tom

My pleasure, good luck!

[Evan D]

My videos from last weekend.

https://youtu.be/w7oQqvtNbjY

https://youtu.be/cXGqJjhYfiY

[Gilatrout]

After a break to get my kid off to college, and also because it was too damned hot, I finally got back to my Cal Fire Bronco.

Graphics by Callie, and some waterslides I made myself.








Civilian pilot and observer are a mash up of a figure from Thingiverse and another couple from CGTrader. Insignia and patches are waterslide decals printed on a laser printer and cut to size by a cricut vinyl cutter.



Horizontal stab with graphics from Callie and sealed with gloss polyurethane


The wing is ready for for Callie
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And finally the fuselage is getting its stripes. I'm doing one at a time to keep the masking simple. Second stripe and black pin stripes tomorrow.

Next up will be the booms


I'm looking forward to when the canopy is back in stock so I can finish her up.

[Gilatrout]

I know it is not scale, but Alpha gave me this cool fuel tank and I couldn't help myself

[Gilatrout]

Any update on replacement canopy parts?

I'm getting very close now.

[Moki38]

My first Nosegear protector for the OV-10 Bronco, maybe i should learn how to land 😂

[Johnnyrabuse]

I'll probably get this bird in Dec when it's too cold to fly my jets not cause I need it just cause I'll support the company that I respect so much

Maybe I'll just hang it in my den ....

[T-CAT]

I'll probably get this bird in Dec when it's too cold to fly my jets not cause I need it just cause I'll support the company that I respect so much

Maybe I'll just hang it in my den ....

I've done the exact same thing in the past, and likely many of us have. There's nothing wrong with that.

[ronwc]

Finally got around to installing an A3 gyro in my Bronco to take care of tail wagging. I am not a gyro person and have very rarely used them, but on this plane it worked great, have it dialed in at about 25%. Another unexpected benefit of the gyro is that the rolls are much cleaner, I guess that makes sense. The A3 along with the 10x8 two blade APC props and really helped to make the Bronco fly like I wanted.

[xviper]

A gyro on this plane is a wonderful thing. There have been those who scoff at the use of such "crutches". To them, I scoff back.