Who likes OV-10 Bronco's?

[Hman]

The Bronco may make a comeback yet...http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-military-completes-ov-10-tests-keeps-aircraft-for-now-392565/

[James]

Ideal for many roles that western air forces find themselves in. Wouldn't mind a handful in RAF service given the expeditionary force role of our armed forces.

[sandiego89]

Indeed, a well suited airframe for the past 10 years in Iraq and Afghanistan. Hang some hellfires on there.   

I think the problem with the Bronco is that it was never sexy enough for the top brass and since it was already paid for, absoultely no interest from congress or the military/industrial complex.  They want to build high dollar new aircraft, while ignoring the likes of the Bronco.   

[JayBee]

Hang some hellfires on there.   

Now that gives me some serious ideas. 

[PR19_Kit]

The Bronco's Garrett T-76s are pretty 'old school' these days and would probably drink loads more fuel than a more modern turbo-prop. Early PT-6s were around a same power levels and a later version might give a useful increase, which opens up such an idea to people like us... 

[kitnut617]

Erm! that article was written nearly 9 months ago (seem to remember it being brought up before -- here or on another forum)  ---- so would mean by the time the journalist got hold of the story, that would be about a year ago the test was completed

[Aragorn]

Question is: Who doesn't?

[jcf]

People are reading things into that article which aren't there. The two aircraft were used
to test light air support concepts/techniques, even if the ideas tested are adopted, it
doesn't automatically follow that the OV-10 would be used to implement the techniques
in the field.

Funding expired at the end of September 2013, testing evidently ended in June 2013.

The USN ran an earlier program called Imminent Fury ( who comes up with these names  )
using a Super Tucano. That didn't go anywhere either.

[Captain Canada]

I'd love to see them back in service....I'll take some for the CDN Army pls

[crudebuteffective]

this will be of interest

http://www.combatreform.org/killerbees2.htm

CBE

[Go4fun]

Question is: Who doesn't?

Seconded

[upnorth]

With regards to the floatplane idea on the previous page, an idea struck me:

What about just giving it a boat hull and making a flying boat out of it?

I don't think it would be that hard to shift the engines to mount on top of the wings for better prop clearance and a set of retractable wing tip floats, in the style of the Catalina could be doable.

[zenrat]

Bear with me caller and i'll go and grab one to measure...

[zenrat]

Here you are caller.  Sorry for the wait.

...what is the width of the inside of the cockpit (wall to wall)?

11mm

and the height from the fuselage floor to the inside of the clear canopy roof of that kit?

Tricky to measure without building it as the canopy is in 4 parts.  But it looks to be 20mm at the rear and 15mm at the front. That is however the height from the bottom of the fuselage.  You need to allow 3mm for the floor and nose wheel bay so say 17mm & 12mm.

[zenrat]

No wuckers.
Note i've amended my measurements since you thanked me.