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Flying the Bronco
You will find that the Bronco is an amazingly easy aircraft to fly; it has
almost no nasty features you should be aware of. There are however a
few things that are special. For starters the very wide speed range, it
has been clocked at 400 knots (okay that is over the 350 knots red
limit and in a dive) and with full flaps it will land at 44 knots (!)
without problems. It will basically feel very happy at any speed
between 100 and 300 knots. If you consider the role of the aircraft it
makes sense. It needs to get somewhere fast and then loiter for as
long as possible. That loitering was often done at low altitudes and
between the trees and hills where the aircraft seems to be happy. As
long as you keep in mind the engines need a bit of time to spool up
(and the aircraft is not loaded up with weapons) you will have ample
power to get out of tricky situation.
The German OV10 Bronco we used as our base model flies at many
airshows and it used to fly this demo in 2010:
1. Take off360° climb
2. High speed pass followed by a 45° steep climb
3. Slow speed pass with landing gear down
4. Top side pass
5. Horizontal 360° turn
6. Bottom pass
7. Wing waggle
8. Stoll Landing