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OV-10 Bronco [3K SPECIAL]

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Background History

The aircraft was initially conceived in the early 1960s through an informal collaboration between W.H. Beckett and Colonel K.P. Rice, U.S. Marine Corps, who met at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California, and who also happened to live near each other. The original concept was for a rugged, simple, close air support aircraft integrated with forward ground operations. At the time, the U.S. Army was still experimenting with armed helicopters, and the U.S. Air Force was not interested in close air support.

The concept aircraft was to operate from expedient forward air bases using roads as runways. Speed was to be from very slow to medium subsonic, with much longer loiter times than a pure jet. Efficient turboprop engines would give better performance than piston engines. Weapons were to be mounted on the centerline to get efficient unranged aiming. The inventors favored strafing weapons such as self-loading recoilless rifles, which could deliver aimed explosive shells with less recoil than cannons, and a lower per-round weight than rockets. The airframe was to be designed to avoid the back blast.

Beckett and Rice developed a basic platform meeting these requirements, then attempted to build a fiberglass prototype in a garage. The effort produced enthusiastic supporters and an informal pamphlet describing the concept. W.H. Beckett, who had retired from the Marine Corps, went to work at North American Aviation to sell the aircraft.

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Controls
AG1:Left Canopy
AG2:Right Canopy
AG3:Signal Lights
AG7:Arm all weapon
AG8:Engines
VTOL:Flaps
Note:
1.Use trim while flying to make the plane stable
2.Turn down the physics quality if your phone lagging
3.Dont go over 380kmh if the physics quality is low or the plane will shaking then explode


Galery






Compared to the blueprints


My phone was harmed during making this plen hope y'all enjoy :)

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General Characteristics

  • Successors 3 airplane(s) +14 bonus
  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 35.8ft (10.9m)
  • Length 36.4ft (11.1m)
  • Height 12.7ft (3.9m)
  • Empty Weight 4,079lbs (1,850kg)
  • Loaded Weight 6,763lbs (3,067kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.211
  • Wing Loading 7.2lbs/ft2 (35.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 936.4ft2 (87.0m2)
  • Drag Points 36

Parts

  • Number of Parts 473
  • Control Surfaces 6
  • Performance Cost 2,118