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• Operationally the Bronco is incredibly versatile feeling at home

in and out of any environment - jungle to dessert, unprepared

dirt strips, carrier deck, you name it, it has been there...

• Maintainability; it was designed to be maintained out in the

ﬁeld with just a standard tool set at hand, no special tools are

required.

• Even when it came to giving the airplane a name, they

absolutely got it right: bronco: A wild or half-tamed horse, esp.

of the western U.S. From Spanish, literally ‘rough, rude.’ The

Bronco is not too large, just as the wild horses out on the

prairies. It’s got a little way of it’s own, but in a good natured

way; you will need to keep it in control - tame it - all the time

but this is easily done.

• It’s got a purposeful rough appearance, some say it’s beautiful

others think differently. It deﬁnitely has got CHARACTER and it

shows!

A very likable airplane altogether and I have never come across anyone

who has expressed any dislike or displeasure about the OV10 Bronco,

which is probably also unique and a good indication of its quality.”

If you want to get an idea how the Bronco should be ﬂown, check out

this video: http://player.vimeo.com/video/28244509. It shows the

Bronco in its element, ﬂying low and fast, twisting and turning.

What ever you do, don’t be hung up on charts and speeds. The

Bronco will tell you when it is about to stall (keep an eye on the

airspeed indicator, before the stall happens the buffeting airstream will

make it jitter) and when it wants to ﬂy. One mistake however that is

easy to make is to lose too much speed at landing, although you can

ﬂy at very low speeds it is strongly advised to stay over 100 knots. See

the landing chart that is added at appendix A. Also listen to the

aircraft, you hear the airframe groan when you put G-load on it, the

wind noise will give you good indications on the speed.