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NOTE: RADIO CONTROL AIRPLANES ARE ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE PAGE.
 
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk observation aircraft were the U.S. Army's first ever turboprop powered winged aircraft. The heavy duty landing gear made the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk capable of operating from rough landing strips close to front lines.
 
The Grumman OV-1 Mohawk was originally produced for use jointly by the U.S. Army and U.S.M.C. The Marine Corps dropped the project because of budget constraints, leaving the Army to use the aircraft.
 
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft served in the observation and light attack roles. In additional to camera equipment and infra red detection systems, one variant carried a 216” pod containing a ground tracking radar held under its fuselage.
 
Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft protected their crews with an armored cockpit. Two hard points under each wing could hold rockets and machine guns for attack missions.
 
Through their long service career Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft flew missions over Germany, Iraq, Korea South American and Vietnam providing vital information.
 
A total of twenty Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft were deployed on missions over the Middle East during the Persian Gulf War of 1990. They were often in the air twenty four hours a day, flying a total of over four thousand mission hours. By the end of hostilities, Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft had flown in excess of nine hundred combat missions.
 
A total of 375 Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft were produced. The last flight of a Grumman OV-1 Mohawk aircraft in U.S. Army service was on October 12, 1996.
  

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observation
two
Lycoming T-53
2- 1,400 shp ea.
11,750 lbs.
18,900 lbs.
2,500 lbs.
41' 0"
48' 0"
230 mph
300 mph
1,875 fpm
25,000 feet
960 miles
4/14/59
1959
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Airplane built by Keith Sparks.
 
Radio Control Airplanes:
 
 
Pictured above and immediately below is the RC Grumman OV-1 Mohawk airplane built by Keith Sparks.  The radio control airplane has a wing span of 59".  Keith powers his rc airplane with a pair of AXI 2808/24 motors.  We understand that an article and plans for the Grumman OV-1 Mohawk radio control airplane were published in the December 2006 issue of Model Airplane News.  
 
The second picture below is of the RC Grumman OV-1 Mohawk airplane from Black Hawk Models. The radio control airplane has a wing span of 57". Fuselage length of the RC Airplane is 47" overall. Materials used in the construction of the radio control airplane are balsa and plywood. Recommended power for the RC Grumman OV-1 Mohawk airplane are a pair of KMS 2814/06 motors.  All up weight of the radio control airplane should be in the five pound range.
 
The last picture on this page is of a RC Grumman OV-1 Mohawk airplane by master builder Carl Bachhuber.  Carl scratch built his Grumman OV-1 Mohawk radio control airplane.  The RC Airplane has a wing span of 130".  To power his radio control airplane Carl selected a pair of Zenoah G-62 engines.
 
Please email us if you would like to recommend a RC Grumman OV-1 Mohawk airplane plan, kit, or ARF.  If you have built a Grumman OV-1 Mohawk radio control airplane and want to show it off, send us pictures and a description and we will put it on this page.  
   
 
Radio Control Airplane

Keith Sparks and his RC Airplane.
 
Radio Control Airplane

RC Airplane from Black Hawk Models.

Radio Control Airplane
  RC Airplane built by Carl Bachhuber.