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Old 10-15-2002 | 03:38 PM
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Default OV-10 Bronco ARF

My Bronco now has about 10 flights on it, and it flies very well.

I needed to put a larger wheel on the nose to get the nose up in the air a little. With the stock setup, the nose sits slightly down, and the plane didn't want to take off.

I am using two O.S. .25Fxs with APC 9x6 props. This seems like a great combo, you just need to keep them a bit richer than what I am use to running. We clocked my Bronco on radar at 84 mph in the straight and level and 94 mph out of a dive. The .25s' are plenty of power for this plane.

I had an engine out on the first flight (I set the needles a little to lean). The plane did a wing over, and started into a spin. I immediately cut throttle to idle and hit the throttle kill switch. I was able to pull it out, and dead stick into the bean field with absolutely no damage (thankfully).

I will say the plane gets noticed, and is definately unique to our field. The sound and profile in the air, are just awesome. I would recommend this arf to anyone wanting to try a twin. My only complaints with the ARF are the cheap plastic cowls, and questionable linkages. The linkages appear to be working, but are just not as smooth as I like.