OVX-10 Project

[johnmw]

About 10 years ago I made a scratch build profile pusher which didn't turn out as what I would have wanted to.
It flew gloriously for half an hour, begging for corrections before plunging to earth.
Never soar to the sky ever since, because time requires much of my attention elsewhere.
Then i came across Flitetest (thanks Josh) and it brought me back here in hope to put closure to my unfinished business.

I know there have been many designs out there and here, and as we heard it ever so often;
I put my own spin on it. So off I went and this would be my journal of sort, until i made it flew once more and hopefully not the last of it.

original plan:

foam plan: (re-scale necessary)
View attachment OV-10_1.2_unfold_nacelle_1.0.pdf
View attachment OV-10_1.2_unfold_wing_0.695.pdf
View attachment OV-10_1.2_unfold_fuse_vstab_0.89.pdf

 

[DCope]

johnmw,

You might be interested in this thread on rcgroups:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1465021


I've built one and it flew really nice... been a while and after a few crashes (my fault) the parts have been recycled.
I might have some video of it somewhere, once I get out of work I'll try to find a link.

David

 

[johnmw]

thanks David, good to hear yours flew nicely.
i'll be checking your built, appreciate if you have any pointers for me as well.

 

[SnowRocker88]

There's also someone on here that started an OV-10 Bronco design/build. It was started a while ago and has since been "put on hold".

 

[johnmw]

yes i'm aware of that, he's done marvelous work so far and his tutorial inspires me.
i hope i can come up with a decent p1 build plan this holiday season,
need all the help i can get, all input are welcome.

 

[johnmw]

The build is based on balsa plan done by Dick Howard/Joe Demarco.



i scaled it up ~1.7x, giving me wing span of 1200mm.

 

[johnmw]

preliminary foam plan uploaded.

note:
- FT power pod should be able to fit with some modification (shorten).
- wiring, control, etc. still need sorting out