63" OV-10A Bronco

[Prowler901]

Beautiful job! :Cool:

[RCjetdude]

That thing looks sweet Michael.

[xplaneguy]

Bronco looks great, Michael!

[Boots Whirlygig]

That looks great! Have you given any more thought about the landing gear? Do you think the FreeWing 90mm T-45 main gear would work? I ask because that's what I bought for my as yet not built :Straight-Face: Uravich 52" Bronco.

[Kloverzero]

That looks great! Have you given any more thought about the landing gear? Do you think the FreeWing 90mm T-45 main gear would work? I ask because that's what I bought for my as yet not built :Straight-Face: Uravich 52" Bronco.

You know Boots, I have given it some thought, and I have been hunting around, but the gear that I have on it, with the custom bent mains and the Intruder nose strut are working rather well. Of course the Bronco had a single nose wheel, on a trailing link, in a wishbone, so that is really the only thing I have been looking for. The problem is, the nose strut has to be pretty short to keep the mains at a decent length. I am looking at the Freewing F-5 main gear strut as a possible replacement, since it is a trailing link, and rather squat.

With this project being finished, it is time to move on to the next big thing, how about a nice 80 or 90mm F4D-1 Skyray!! Got the tracings done last night, HERE WE GO!!!









She will have a 43 inch wingspan and is 54.5 inches long. Not sure just yet whether I am going to build on a central vertical keel, or on a horizontal one, but for ease of installation of all of the electronics, I am leaning toward horizontal. Any way, I will work it all out, and will create a new thread for it in the EDF section, so be on the lookout for it!!

[OV10]

That looks great! Have you given any more thought about the landing gear? Do you think the FreeWing 90mm T-45 main gear would work? I ask because that's what I bought for my as yet not built :Straight-Face: Uravich 52" Bronco.

Hey Boots..........
I've been looking at the FW Yak-130 gear system. It is about the closest your gonna find to emulating the bronco gear in an oleo configuration
I even used the Yak's nose strut as a tail gear on my demised Seagull Skyraider.
Here's some quick links to them.
Nose:

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-90mm-edf-yak-130-nose-landing-gear-strut-rj30111082

Mains:

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-90mm-edf-yak-130-left-main-landing-gear-strut-rj3011087

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-90mm-edf-yak-130-right-main-landing-gear-strut-rj30111088

OHHHH........and since FW has these, just a simple matter of pushing them over to the FL line and giving us a 1500 :ov10 :)

[Boots Whirlygig]

Ok Kloverzero, you have made an incredible OV-10 and are now undertaking another iconic all time favorite of mine and many! You work for MRC. I hope is not an indication, i.e. Insider knowledge, because you know these won't be models available from MRC?!?:Sick2:

[OV10]

Ok Kloverzero, you have made an incredible OV-10 and are now undertaking another iconic all time favorite of mine and many! You work for MRC. I hope is not an indication, i.e. Insider knowledge, because you know these won't be models available from MRC?!?:Sick2:

I KNOW.............I've been having the same dreadful thoughts :(

[Kloverzero]

Calm down out there boys. They keep us like mushrooms around here, in the dark and....well, you know the rest of itLOL

I am a busy body, I can not stand an empty workbench, and I have a TON of foam laying around. I try to pick planes that I like, and that I have plastic models for to aid in shaping and detail. I picked up an old Lindberg model of the F4D-1 at Ollies awhile back, and it just looks too cool not to attempt a model of!! Believe me, I would much rather have a store bought version of ANYTHING rather than scratch building it, but I have the ability and the material, so off I go...

[Kloverzero]

Okay, it seems this plane just DOES NOT want a good video of it taken. I did the second flight today, put the MrRC Sound Aspire sound card in it, running two TT-25's and the sound live was absolutely incredible. The camera used for the video was loaned to my wife by the middle school for her to film their football games. Needless to say, some research on to how to make the thing work better is in order. She did not get the landing, but it was smooth as silk, and the plane is right as rain, ready for more sorties. I did do an aileron roll with it, and an Immelman, but they were during the attempts to zoom in, which completely blurred out. I will ltry again for some better footage next week, but this is what I have for now!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz2Ps4V_PQE&t=187s

[OV10]

So it's been a 9 month dry spell here Michael. I'm guessing that the promised follow-up video couldn't happen because Alpha snagged your model to take back to the FLRC factory to give the designers a jump start. LOL;)

[Boots Whirlygig]

The Bronco drum beat

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

[OV10]

PERFECT :Cool:

[Kloverzero]

I never did get another video of it flying OV-10. I was flying it one day a few months back, and the entire front of the left nacelle from the TE of the wing forward disembaked the model in flight. I lost the retract and the motor. STILL managed to land it with a whacked out CG on two wheels beautifully. A true testament to the excellent flying qualities of the design. I have it back together, and took it to Nall, but the event was cancelled before I had a chance to fly it. I plan on taking it out this weekend, and I will get some video of it!!!

[Pauly]

We look forward to the video Klover!

[OV10]

Been real quiet here Michael with no follow up vid
:Thinking::ov10cause I live vicariously through you guys for the time being since the :Smoking::Bomb::Loser:of :p38p40:corsairand so on:(.
Now I :Don't-tell-Anyone:if you tell me ya gave Alpha those proto drawings ;)that were promised to us on post #35 18 months ago :Devil:LOL

[OV10]

Well it appears that we have lost JetManMichael (Kloverzero) since he has not been on the Squawk for almost 15 months.
Shortly after my prior post it became clear to me that there was not going to be any plans forthcoming from Michael as promised.
Because of that realization I started down my own path of a Bronco foam build during Jan 2019.
Got all the pieces cut out for my version and then got stalled because of the garage rebuild last year when warm weather arrived.
So I got restarted on my foam project several weeks ago and will be putting up a build thread.
Coming soon ….. OV10's version of a 72" OV-10A Bronco

[Pauly]

Ov I cant wait to see the build. I was wondefing if you may of built the Flitetest version of the OV10?

[OV10]

Ov I cant wait to see the build. I was wondefing if you may of built the Flitetest version of the OV10?

No on the Flitetest……………..here's the build thread though for my 72" version

https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-airplanes/rc-warbirds/243877-ov10-s-version-of-foam-72-1800mm-ov-10a-bronco-build

[Kloverzero]

Well it appears that we have lost JetManMichael (Kloverzero) since he has not been on the Squawk for almost 15 months.
Shortly after my prior post it became clear to me that there was not going to be any plans forthcoming from Michael as promised.
Because of that realization I started down my own path of a Bronco foam build during Jan 2019.
Got all the pieces cut out for my version and then got stalled because of the garage rebuild last year when warm weather arrived.
So I got restarted on my foam project several weeks ago and will be putting up a build thread.
Coming soon ….. OV10's version of a 72" OV-10A Bronco

Hey OV. Man I am sorry about not getting those plans together. Like I said originally, I didn't actually draw plans. I drew the parts on poster board and just sort of "winged" it. I do everything like that. There is not a lot of actual "on paper" plans, just patterns. The Bronco is not a very difficult plane to model. It is basically all box construction with a straight semi symmetrical airfoil on the wing. I wish you all the best with your foray into the design and construction. As for not being on here in so long, I am not a big fan of forums. We were required to post when I was with Motion, so I did. I still pop in from time to time though!! All the best to all of you guys!!