OV-10 Bronco

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📄️ Manual changelog

Manual changelog

The North American OV-10 Bronco is a twin turboprop, multipurpose aircraft.

Those specifications apply to OV-10 A and B, as later variants had structural modifications and more powerful engines.

Turboprop model implemented in MSFS is based on a free-turbine engine (Pratt & Whitney PT6), where there are two separate shafts:

Fuel system consists of five internal tanks and one optional external tank.

Main type of electrical power supply is 24 VDC, supplied by two batteries, two generators and ground power (if needed).

The Bronco has hydraulic power used for:

Elevator, ailerons, and rudder are reversible, balanced mechanical systems operated by cables, rods, and bell cranks.

Our Bronco has been modeled with its original avionics only, except an optional GPS unit that you can use if needed.

The Bronco is capable of carrying varied conventional munition loads, including general purpose bombs, rocket packages, fire bombs, etc.

To help managing all actions related to the aircraft, an EFB has been implemented, similarly to all our other aircraft.

Please note that aircraft weight has a big impact on some reference speeds like stall speed, this table is for indicative purposes only.

The take-off distance charts provide a means of determining take-off distance under normal or STOL operating conditions, with 20 degrees of flaps.

In addition to default control assignments, our aircraft is using custom variables and events to manage all its systems.