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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 6/21/2003 12:26:13 AM   
Walfam


 

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From: Spokane, WA, USA
Status: offline 		Putting the smaller version of the OV-10
bronco from Hanger 9. I sent them an email to see if I could put flaps on this plane as the word in this formum is that it lands fast and needs lots of room. However, I have not received an answer yet. We have a great landing stip at our field but, hey I need a plane with flaps sooner or later!... So,

my question is how do I put faps on this beast???? I have a basic idea? but the ones I think I will need will be on the underside of the plane, and I am now sure how they hook up etc.

Any and all suggestions are really welcome
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OV-10 - 6/28/2003 9:39:19 AM   
uncleTom


 

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Status: offline 		Hello, I fly my ov from about 425' of grass with Magnum 30's. The hard part is take off if the grass is not fresh cut, The plane flys well and can land short. I dont think you want the extra weight to do flaps on this size ov-10. reguards

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 6/29/2003 10:02:08 AM   
flying2bill



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From: Central City, IA, USA
Status: offline 		Took the bronco out today, I spent most of the morning making new gear, still seems to sit a little high in the rear. Took it to the field this afternoon, engines run nice, did a couple of taxi test runs and had to adjust the nose wheel (steering), got that straightened out, couple more taxi runs, then pointed her into the wind and poured the coals to it, fed in elevator, went to full up elevator, the nose never even budged, turned around and taxied back, tried it a couple more times, same result, on the forth or fifth try I hit a bump in the runway and she took to the air, made a few trim laps, kicked up the retracts and brought her in for a low pass, COOL plane, looks cool, sounds cool, flies well. Made a few more low passes and even did a couple of rolls, set up a nice landing approach, lined up with the runway, cut the power as I crossed the overrun and she settle down right in front of me, she even lands nice. Refueled and tried again, but could not get the thing to rotate, brought her home and lowered the mains, will try again tomorrow.
This is a copy of an email I just sent to the fella I bought my OV10 from, has OS .26 four strokes, flies scale like, don't know what kit it is from but I think it is 52" wing. I wouls agree with red10, flaps at this size is uneeded weight.


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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 3:32:42 AM   
jwoolridge



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Status: offline 		Could someone post a link to the manufacturer of this plane. I don't think it's a Hangar 9 plane like the first post said unless they havent' made it for a few years.
James

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 3:49:30 AM   
William Robison



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Status: offline 		I think he means Hobby Hangar, not Hangar 9.

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 3:57:01 AM   
jwoolridge



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Status: offline 		Any chance someone has a link to them.
Thanks
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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 7:08:42 AM   
William Robison



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http://www.hobbyhangar.com/

Simple as can be.

Third one down on the first page of airplanes.

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 4:03:05 PM   
jwoolridge



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Status: offline 		Thanks for that link. Is there a place around that makes an ARF versoin. I was sure I saw the ARF in a copy of model airplane news a few years back.
James

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/2/2003 4:15:26 PM   
jwoolridge



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Status: offline 		Just went and found which copy it was april 2002. The ARf bronco is sold by hobbyhangar as well but it's made by scale tech. You can take a look at the ARF by going to the bottom of the hobbyhangar home page and clicking on the scaletech logo.
James

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/3/2003 8:39:31 AM   
Don T. - NN4S



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Status: offline 		ScaleTech is the same company, same street address and all. Just a different division (meaning the ability to keep the assets separate) to promote the kit they manufacture being built by ??? for them to resell. Seen good & bad stuff posted about the ARF, good stuff posted about the kit. I have purchased the kit, retracts & cockpit detailing kit and am going through the deliberations to decide which engines to use while I get my other projects finished & off the bench. Now it's just a matter of making the notes for the various mods and planning them out before getting started with it. I'm really looking forward to the low, high-speed passes with the gear up!

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OV 10 - 7/5/2003 1:26:17 AM   
lex33


 

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From: Anderson, SC, USA
Status: offline 		I fly the ARf w/32SX's w/slimline muffler,retracts and is probably sweetest plane I fly. Engines are rock sold. Plane takes a while to rotate but always does. It flies really fast with gear up. HH good people to deal with. Luther in Sarasota

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/5/2003 6:18:35 PM   
Ado


 

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Status: offline 		I emailed HobbyHanger about postage and payment details but havent had a reply back yet. How are they normally with email?

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/8/2003 8:02:42 AM   
Don T. - NN4S



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Status: offline 		Sometimes they were pretty good; others I never got responses to. The ones I sent early in the week usually were responded to, so maybe your best bet is to email them on Monday or Tuesday and hope that they'll get back with you the same day. They did answer my questions when I got through & were very helpful in my decision to purchase what I did. Good luck; hope you get through to them soon!

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Hobby Hangar OV-10 - 7/13/2003 4:59:56 AM   
Tom Perry


 

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Status: offline 		I live in Melbourne Florida and recently bought a Hobby Hangar OV-10 ARF from Rich Uravich (HH is locally based). Installed a pair of Saito 30 Golden Knights (couldn't resist those little beauties), Spring Air retracts (also locally based) and took to the air.

Plane flies great, but does take a while to rotate (grass field) and get into the air. You pay that price for small wheels on grass. Steering on the ground is a bear with that canted nose wheel. Takes a fair amount of angular movement which is not too good for a long take off run, but that is about the only strange thing about the performance of this little airplane. It flies great and ground handling is probably much better on a hard surface.

Basic ARF construction is very good, covering is excellent (Monocoat I thnk) and overall I would rate the airplane at an 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. Why not a 10, read on!

One thing I didn't like about the basic set-up is the arrangement of the control push rod exits. In my opinion, all of the exits of the push rods are too close to the hinge lines and make installation of terminal linkages difficult. Also, if I had it to do over, I would install another servo in the wing to drive the ailerons as opposed to the arrangement shown in the plans (a single servo with a "left/right flexible push rod" connected to the central servo via an "easy connector" . I don't like using "easy connectors" on critical control (ailerons and elevator) functions. They are OK on throttle, but, in my opinion, should not be used on elevator and ailerons. On the elevator, you are pretty much locked into the what's designed.

Plane flies great and I would do it again, but would up-grade the power plants to Saito .40 4 strokes (same physical size engine but more power) and make the above changes. The 30's fly the plane just great, but the added power would help on take-off at our field. Love the sound of those 2 Saito 4 strokes.

Single engine operation? -- don't know and don't want to find out!

Tom Perry
The Engine Doctor
Melbourne, Florida

< Message edited by Tom Perry -- Jul 13 2003 12:07AM >

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/16/2003 5:11:30 PM   
Longez


 

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From: Merrimac, MA,
Status: offline 		This is my second OV-10: I built the first from the MAN plans a couple of years ago and flew it many times with a pair of .25 FP's using 3-bladed props. My current one is the ARF from Rich U. and as stated earlier, the ARF is mostly good, just use some good hardware and beef-up the nose wheel former which is just cheesy-ply.

For easy take-off, just be sure that the plane sits with a positive angle of attack (nose-high by a few degrees), build up some speed on the take-off run and then pull up-elevator to rotate and lift-off (just like the big ones). IMHO skip the flaps, go for the retracts...it's a good-flying A/C. Landings shouldn't be a problem if not too steep, keep about 1/3 throttle until over the "numbers", hold a bit of up-elevator and just let it settle.

Because of the heavier nose former and the large nose-wheel I'm using I needed to rebalance by moving the battery aft so that the A/C will respond well to the smallish elevator when landing. Not an aft CG, but defineltly not nose-heavy trim either.

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OV-10 Bronco 57" FLAPS? - 7/17/2003 1:44:58 AM