OV-10D
02-06-2008, 09:48 AM
#2
RE: OV-10D
If you have to have glass acquire the Palmer nose option and do a chop and channel
section to reduce its size to the proper one. However its no sweat to hot wire a foam
master to then glass over to achieve the proper look. Without providing templates
here's how easy it can be accomplished with resources for making it look correct
when male molded.
Use the Squadron Signal three view and other drawings in the D section to draw your
templates for the D or SLEP D+. There are TONs of photos out there to follow as well.
Group photo below is acceptance ceremony for YOV-10D prototype just before it went
into weapons attachment and trials. From here it went to Meacham Field in Fort Worth
for attachment of GE M-197, and early FLIR then to China Lake for refinement before
going to Nam for proof of concept trials where it exceeded everyone's expectations.
In case you've never done this before, enlarge the head on shot of the fuse to derive
shapes of all formers, then side and bottom to determine proper height, length, & width.
Remember the nose flips open from the midpoint forward.
Don't forget the cockpit for the D, D+ is different than the A's. Its nice eye candy when
converted. The front seat instrument panel shown is one from a D+ in Columbia. SA. It
incorporates GPS to pin point locations which they defoliate... Balance of revision is full
of modern flat panel displays. At this moment 155395 is in South America in use as the
front cockpit shot infers : ) Ola! (yes that is a bullet resistant glass insert, ceramic panels
are laminated to the extermal sides of cockpit... to retard rock throwers.
section to reduce its size to the proper one. However its no sweat to hot wire a foam
master to then glass over to achieve the proper look. Without providing templates
here's how easy it can be accomplished with resources for making it look correct
when male molded.
Use the Squadron Signal three view and other drawings in the D section to draw your
templates for the D or SLEP D+. There are TONs of photos out there to follow as well.
Group photo below is acceptance ceremony for YOV-10D prototype just before it went
into weapons attachment and trials. From here it went to Meacham Field in Fort Worth
for attachment of GE M-197, and early FLIR then to China Lake for refinement before
going to Nam for proof of concept trials where it exceeded everyone's expectations.
In case you've never done this before, enlarge the head on shot of the fuse to derive
shapes of all formers, then side and bottom to determine proper height, length, & width.
Remember the nose flips open from the midpoint forward.
Don't forget the cockpit for the D, D+ is different than the A's. Its nice eye candy when
converted. The front seat instrument panel shown is one from a D+ in Columbia. SA. It
incorporates GPS to pin point locations which they defoliate... Balance of revision is full
of modern flat panel displays. At this moment 155395 is in South America in use as the
front cockpit shot infers : ) Ola! (yes that is a bullet resistant glass insert, ceramic panels
are laminated to the extermal sides of cockpit... to retard rock throwers.
02-26-2008, 08:44 AM
#5
RE: OV-10D
Phil:
You chose to place a Hughes "trash can" FLIR on your front end. the YOV-10D used
the Hughes when 155395 and 155396 went to Nam for field proof of concept trials in
summer of '71 just as VMO 2 was leaving Nam. Both were NAA mules and ended up
with Navy's VAL 4 doing Riverine & "trail" assignments until returning to China Lake
after six months.
Below were two photos of the Hughes FLIR'd airframes which drove my "what's this"
issue that started my search to find documentation on the airframe with T.I. (Texas
Instruments round) FLIR and the three shades of blue/gray scheme. All three images
are below. There is reference to a third airframe however it was said to be lost when
initial trials began at China Lake. Two photos on the left are of that airframe. It would
be over ten years before the photo on the right would be taken.
You chose to place a Hughes "trash can" FLIR on your front end. the YOV-10D used
the Hughes when 155395 and 155396 went to Nam for field proof of concept trials in
summer of '71 just as VMO 2 was leaving Nam. Both were NAA mules and ended up
with Navy's VAL 4 doing Riverine & "trail" assignments until returning to China Lake
after six months.
Below were two photos of the Hughes FLIR'd airframes which drove my "what's this"
issue that started my search to find documentation on the airframe with T.I. (Texas
Instruments round) FLIR and the three shades of blue/gray scheme. All three images
are below. There is reference to a third airframe however it was said to be lost when
initial trials began at China Lake. Two photos on the left are of that airframe. It would
be over ten years before the photo on the right would be taken.
