A new level of QUALITY! The amazing AzurPoly OV-10 Bronco | First Look Full Flight (MSFS) 

Released on the sim marketplace for PC and Xbox. No weapons on the marketplace edition - be warned! Links in description.

Yes, I am lookin' forward to this OV-10 after watching this teaser! I was a young USAF F-4E Phantom II crew chief during the late Vietnam War. In April 1972, elements of our SJAFB 4th Tactical Fighter Wing were sent under emergency war orders (Linebacker I aerial campaign) to Ubon RTAFB temporary duty (TDY). Ubon RTAFB hosted the 8th Tactical Fighter Wing's F-4C and F-4D squadrons, made famous by Col. Robin Olds. There was also the famous AC-130 Spectre gunship squadron. Another small squadron had USAF OV-10 FAC birds. IIRC they were painted kind of a yellowish cream color, and typically loaded for bear. I really wanted to fly in one but never got the chance. Oh well, soon I'll be able to do it virtually.😁

My grandfather flew this aircraft in 1972 at Da Nang! Azorpoly even made a livery with his tail number and everything! I am so excited!

Well folks, it's as amazing as it looks! I was one of the two USAF OV-10 pilots on the Beta Team. If I could only own one aircraft for MSFS, this would be it! Looks beautiful and flies very well. I'll leave the details to Russ Barlow, the other beta pilot. He'll be dropping a video on the AZP OV-10 from an OV-10 pilot's perspective. You'll want to watch this one too!

The OV-10 is unironically one of my favorite Cold War military aircraft. I was 11 years old when I saw one fly over my house and was fascinated by how strange it looked. Gorgeous piece of modeling on this sim.

Great first impressions/review, as per usual. A definite buy, as soon as it's available. Thank you for enlightening us all of this lovely aeroplane.

Very much looking forward to this one. I have not had a good Bronco since the FSX days! They look like they really went all out on this baby. Thank you for the wonderfully in depth first look!

OV-10 Bronco, A-37 Dragonfly, A-29 Super Tucano, and F/A-18 Hornet are among my favorites!

Awesome video Chris, your enthusiasm is quite contagious! Well done

I LOVED this video. I will get this Bronco. I like you laughing from around 23:00 enjoying the gun and low flight. Very enjoyable!

This is top notch, amazing quality and such a fun add on. I will be adding this to my line up. Great video too, thanks.

been excitedly waiting for this one. looks and sounds great!

Thanks Chris, I was fortunate to have experienced a pax flight in a Harrier T4 in Germany in the late 70s. It was an FAC sortie provided by an OV10 against a convoy with a simulated attack. We were bounced on the run in to the target by a pair of German F4s< the FAC was able to keep providing a talk onto the target throughout, quite incredible. We saw the German and US OV10s at RAFG Gutersloh all the time. Incredible when they were in a close pattern< so maneuverable. I might just have to get this one, I am tempted by the Tornado you teased us with as well. It is getting expensive. Happy Easter enjoy the Bank Holiday.

Outstanding as always, thanks Chris, your enthusiasm is contagious 👏🏻👏🏻

Thanks for another excellent review! One I will definitely be purchasing when out. Such a fascinating aircraft.

It will probably be my new favorite aircraft. Incredible work !

Start locks in MSFS! Finally! Looks quite promising, well done AP!

When I visited Stallion 51 at Kissimmee a few years back, I was lucky to be invited to sit in the cockpit of the Bronco they used to use as a camera ship for air to air photography (shut down, in the hangar, I should add!) Amazing experience. Has been one of my favourite aircraft ever since. Will definitely be buying this.

Love your enthusiasm, very infectious! Loading up sim as i type lol

So stoked about this one! Gonna give the FPP episode on this a listen again in anticipation!

She is a thing of beauty , nice review as always thank you .

I like that the prop judders around when you stop an engine, makes it much more realistic

Awesome aircraft. Thanks for showing it.

fantastic video! counting the days for this one

i love it that even though you are a real pilot you have just as much fun as i do flying in this sim.

Excellent review! Reminds me the SAS had the job once on a small island somewhere that involved rearranging the flight abilities of said aircraft…

One of my favorite aircraft ever, so excited to fly it in MSFS! This looks like a great representation. I’d love to get an official full fidelity one in DCS, the free mod by Split-Air/Dikennek is great but leaves me wanting to see it in a complete state. Thanks for the video covering this! The Bronco always deserves more love IMO.

Nice flight! 😀

Great video! For me anything by AzurPoly is an instant buy!

When i saw the OV-10 at my local airshow I always had a fascination with it, it was quite louder than I thought too

Looks fantastic

This is too good! ❤

Looks like good fun!

really nice and on my wish list

Love the Bronco. I handled air crew systems from O2 to Ejection Seats. One of the Broncos I worked on is on display at Miramar. Had a pilots pig tail malfunction prior to taxi. I had to replace it while the bird was turning….absolutely terrifying that close to the prop. After Desert Storm we had a Staff Sgt walk into the prop. Only time I knew it happened with the Bronco. Can’t wait to fly it.

VERY cool. I thought it was already released and pretty much RAN to my gaming computer to download this. Couldnt find it and started to panic. Then I saw your comment that it's out in April. K its April now..! :D haha Great video. New subscriber here!

Looks lovely

Another one for my virtual hanger I think. Is there an aircraft you particularly like to see in the sim Chris? Thanks for the channel, flippin love it!

I love rugged utilitarian twin props so this is definitely made for me.

Oh wow, an OV-10! Pretty great work bringing it to life on MSFS! Of course I wish there could be overseas liveries with this plane, like the livery of the Philippine Air Force, which used these for COIN work until much recently, having been replaced by the Embraer Super Tucano.

What a terrific little aircraft, haven’t been following videos recently suffering with frame rate drops during my flights put me off simulator for awhile. Hoping the next update will correct things. ❤

Another great video, thanks so much. A question: I understand autorotation in rotary aircraft but what does it mean for fixed wing? (You mention it at 21:14 when talking about the stall/spin.)

Amazing! Every time this plane is called the Bronco, it reminds me of the name of the Ford Broncos, Bronco Sports, and Bronco Raptors

Great video.

I noticed one small detail. When starting these Garrett TPE-331 engines, there is no delay between hitting the starter button and seeing the prop start to move. It is all geared together. In the animation you hear the compressor whine before prop rotation begins. If you walk up to the actual airplane and hand turn the prop, you will see the compressor wheel turn as well. Otherwise, well done.

Hi Chris. Thanks a lot for this Review. Looks amazing. I have a question. Is this standart msfs weather or a addon? Greetings

Nice works

ILS is the OBS (Omni Bearing Selector) with GSI (Glide Slope Indicator). There's also a CDI (Course Deviation Indicator) that has the vertical needle only.

HSI stands for horizontal situation indicator, the additional info you get compared to other direction finding instruments is vertical reference for approaches, ie glideslope info for ILS , Flight director and heading all in one instrument.

Looks a very nice plane, it's made for VR so It's a crying shame you first experienced this in a pancake display. Have to say the details on the internal an external modelling are the equal of the best DCS World has to offer, outstanding job by the AzurPoly team.

Well, very nice 😊

RE: Military Aircraft in MSFS - One thing I miss about FSX was VRS and their TacPac. When I was flying with the VUSN at the last, you could actually host multi-player combat. In multiplayer the "target" didn't notice anything which kept jerks from jumping on VATSIM and being a pill.

Bobs nicely up and down when you stand on the brakes. I'm buying it.

Been waiting for this aircraft to arrive, looks amazing! BTW do you have additional scenery around Southampton? Looks a lot better than I remember it on the console at least.

Fantastic rendition of this fabulous aircraft! Everything manual, the essence of flying. The start sequence is very much like the Fairchild Metro and Cessna Conquest, which were also Garrett powered. Generally, the prop locks didn’t come off until both engines were running and you were ready to taxi. They’re a feature on this single spool design to lock the prop pitch into the fine position and prevent the possibility of a catastrophic engine overload should the power levers inadvertently be moved towards feather (an unlikely event once the levers were forward of the ground idle gate at the commencement of taxi). Thanks again cgA for a wonderfully enthusiastic review (like the Tornado!) 👍

That things looks magnificent! Very nice 👍🏻 But my Money as you should know is going on the Tornado 😉

Great video, she's a very accomplished piece of payware and feels almost like a DCS module, except finished! How do you get the tablet to appear on the seat? Mine appears on the left or right hand side but is not clickable on the right hand side as the buttons behind 'get in the way' of the cursor

One of my favourite real-world miltary aircraft. I loved the Aerosoft Bronco in FSX/P3D, so I'm really looking forward to this Azurpoly model. Other than the Optica, is there a better aircraft for viewing MSFS' fabulous scenery ? My only reservation is the wear and tear in the cockpit - as so often the case it's somewhat overdone, particularly the paint chips along the top of the glare shield. Other than that, though, it shall be in my hanger the moment it comes out. Great video!

Viz out of this it top notch.

The graphics are really good, I did the North Coast 500 in one in 45 mins.

As one that has owned the Bronco in FS9/FSX/P3D, and has the freeware one in MSFS, I will most likely be picking this one up as well. I love COIN aircraft and this one is the king of COIN. I wish they would start building them again.

The available freeware version is really nice, however, I will be purchasing this one. It looks outstanding! The Aerosoft Bronco for FSX was one of my all time favorite add-ons. The Bronco design is perhaps one of the best all around models for sightseeing/cruising in MSFS due to it's decent, but not too fast cruise speed and it's excellent visibility...

Just dropping a like on the vid without watching it, because I don't want to be spoiled! I was going to get this thing anyway - I've been flying a much modified version of the freeware one a lot - and I want that new feeling. I'll return when I've flown it a while. Azurpoly do pick some corkers - the Transall satisfies your urge to hurl a regional turboprop down a valley, and now this does the same for King Air pilots. They are, sadly, not doing us a Falcon for those Cobham/Draken escapades :S

BDHI ... 'Bearing-Distance-Heading Indicator'. Nice video.

BDHI is basically your HSI. It stands for bearing distance heading indicator. I’m not 100% sure, but I think it’s called that if it’s designed to work with TACAN.

This looks like a perfect candidate for some VR flying low down, trees whipping past. Visibility from that superbly detailed cockpit will give an amazing speed sensation. You seem keen with the handling Chris, do you feel the weight and power is as you would expect? You spoke of inertia, I think in the context that it wasn’t too free to move like a light GA, but more purposeful, is that right?

Also would love this in DCS alongside the F4.....

“I’m a fan of the one with the teeth.” That was also my preference at the Naafi Bop.

Just curious, how many hours do you normally get in a plane before a video like this? 8 seems like a lot, but your videos are always well informed when you post them, and that’s why I watch you 😂

Me: bedtime You: dropping a video. Me: I shouldn’t……but I might.😅

It looks awesome. Does it come with a custom pilot? Tony De Bruyn’s Bronco is always great to see at airshows.

The RU-vid CC feature says BDHI is Bearing Distance Heading Indicator.👌

Definitely something I'd buy on xbox. Looking forward to it. Will the gun be available on Marketplace Xbox?

Calfire livery too? Oh I am so buying this.

Wow this is one interesting looking little plane! The visibility is beyond impressive, full analog gauges, the superb realistic look and feel of the HeatBlur F-14 Tomcat inside. The cockpit resembles an A-10 and the rest is like a Cessna Skymaster. What where they thinking when designing that plane? :D What do you think about the air condition, is it sufficient? So much glass and the best visibility of any aircraft that was ever designed heats up very quickly in summer but also needs good defrosting in winter. This plane should be really flown in VR.

I loved the Airfix model as a 13 year old.

One comment, the OV-10 uses the same engine (only the mil version) as the civilian TPE-331, which has the prop linked via gears to all sections of the engine.... there shouldn't be any delay on movement of the props on startup. I have several videos on startup and you can see it's instant. Otherwise, it looks pretty cool.

i apologize for asking, but do you use any reshade or graphics additions?

Great Video.... Can you imagine if this had been around in WW2....a P38 light...:0)...

I've never heard of this aircraft before. Is it like a propeller version of the A-10? It sure reminds me of that aircraft though lol.

Sensacional.

I bought this but I’m having trouble with the throttles. I’m on the V1 flight stick and I can’t get the throttles to go all the way forward. I tried the EFB but it’s tricky and reversed. Any help would be appreciated.

Don’t know if someone has mentioned it already but you can get rid of the flash by turning off BLOOM in settings. Works for me anyway.

Will this need to be purchased outside the MsFS marketplace to be able to use the guns?

hey did you use any filters in the vid? It looks different somehow.

Maybe I missed it, but are they planning to add Philippine Air Force liveries? They're still using Broncos up to this day

Great video! Only if this thing was in DCS though🙃(i found out there is actually a mod for it!)

There should be a nose cone on those goddamn sidewinders. Until you have slid out of the back of one of those at 10k feet you'll never know what it's like to fly in one.

The is like the Vietnam bird dog planes but newer. Is that the role its for? Those guys in Vietnam had some massive stones to fly in the role they played back then.

I am waiting on the Combat Flight simulator mod for MSFS. Like it used to be availible for Flight simulator 25 years ago before microsoft pulled the plug

I buy anything Azurpoly creates and the cockpit looks wonderful. However I'm not to sure about those very ... 'clear and present' ... panel-lines on the external. They do not look very realistic to me at all. It's as if they all have a black line drawn around them! Is that shadow? Are they too thick? Is it your graphics settings? Contrast maybe?

How on earth do they model so accurately? It’s beyond me, but very enjoyable.

Hope they have an OV-10D in the works.

Bro what are your graphics settings!!??

Looks stuttery? The c160 had that issue too… especially in multiplayer

I thought MSFS had some kind of weapons restriction across the platform. Or was that nothing more than a rumor?

You are using eye tracker right?

If you're getting the intermittent white flash then check the following, IF you're on the Direct X 12, turn off Bloom

Looks a very nice quality rendition of the a10 warthogs ugly cousin. 100% function over looks. Whats the history of this? Will have to go google a bit.

EGT/TIT indications are wrongly modeled on startup. Azurpoly simply used default MSFS2020 engine parameter coefficients, which are messed up. Sad.