RDoug
Well-Known Member
Yep, we're using the OV-10 again in combat. There are some things turboprops just do better than jets.
America’s Antique Planes Battling ISIS
America’s Antique Planes Battling ISIS
Return of the Bronco
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Roger Roger
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Tyler Rogoway just creamed himself.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Oh, lordy...we'll never hear the end of it from the Bronco fanboyz now!
Roger Roger
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Lololol the article claims an OV10 costs $1000/flight hour. Riiiiiight.
Hacker15e
Who am I? Where are my pants?
Maintaining low-volume aircraft that have no parts and maintenance supply system is cheap, don't ya know?
Oxman
Well-Known Member
FIRST!!
Roger Roger
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A rough estimate shows just engine overhauls are $100/hr, and that's using numbers from current-build TPE331s not the bastard child one-offs on the Bronco.
CirrusMonkey
No Real Usefulness
I have jetcarrers seniority over you.
But that's what us Defense Contractors salivate over and specialize in
Send me an RFP 
ppragman
No pasa nada.
OV10s are pretty badass, I imagine parts are a pain in the ass, might I suggest: http://www.802u.com/
uncreative
Well-Known Member
CalFire has a fleet of 14, so I would expect there's at least some level of spare parts floating around.
Oxman
Well-Known Member
I'm already there!But that's what us Defense Contractors salivate over and specialize in
Again... Me me me me me me me..
Remember during Desert Storm (for those here even old enough to remember), the USMC deployed OV-10s to theatre in their VMO squadrons, and lost two of them to MANPADs within a few weeks, with 3 crewmen POW and 1 crewman KIA . The USAF still had about 3 OV-10 TASS squadrons at the time, but didn't deploy them, choosing instead to deploy the OA-10 equipped 23rd TASS for FAC duties, and still had one of them shot up and crash on approach, killing the pilot, and another shot down with the pilot POW.
The area there hasn't changed much in terms of these threats, and I envision the OV-10 having some survivability issues, especially in Syria, in the same way the A-10 has if the threat steps up any.
The area there hasn't changed much in terms of these threats, and I envision the OV-10 having some survivability issues, especially in Syria, in the same way the A-10 has if the threat steps up any.
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YES!!!!!!!
Lawman
Well-Known Member
Common Missile Warning System and Directed energy IR countermeasures.
Simple fix that won't effect flight performance much considering the massive open area behind the pilots available for black boxes.
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