Aircraft Type or Name:
PBY Catalina
General Type:
Airplane = 1
Airship = 2
Orbiter = 3
1
Year of First Flight: 1935
Description
Flying Boat / Seaplane
Monoplane with Struts
Conventional Fuselage
A WW version of the PBY-3. This version uses the P&W RD-1650 diesel radial, the Pratt & Whitney produced version of the Junkers Jumo-208A. Armed with 4 0.50 machineguns (one in the nose, in each waist position and a ventral tunnel).
Characteristics:
Weight (maximum) 33,400 lbs
Weight (empty) 17,531 lbs
Length 64 ft
Wingspan 104 ft
Wing Area 1,400 sq ft
Sweep 1 degrees
Engines 2
P&W RD-1650
Piston
1,206 hp
at 8,000 ft
Crew 6
Typical cost $0.073 million in 1939
Total number procured 2000
Performance:
Top Speed 181 kts = 208 mph
at 8,000 ft
Mach N/A
Operational Ceiling 23,000 ft
Range 2,500 nm = 2,879 miles
with 4,116 lbs payload
4,944 lbs released at halfway point
Climb 751 fpm
Cruise 120 kts = 138 mph
at 6,000 ft
Corner Speed 95 KIAS =
107 kts at 8,000 ft
Mach N/A
Turning Rate 14.4 deg/sec
Radius 1,433 ft
Internal Data:
Intake / Fan Diameter 10 ft
Bypass Ratio 106
Engine Weight 1750 lbs
Overall Efficiency 27 percent
Structural Factor 0.95
Number of Wings 1.01
Number of Fuselages 1
Limiting Airspeed 250 kts
Wing Ultimate g Load 2.25 g
Wing Taper 0.1
Wing Thickness at Root 2.7 ft
Tail / Canard Factor 0.4
Number of Nacelles 2
Length 6 ft
Diameter 3 ft
Fullness 0.5
Fuselage Diameter 9 ft
Fuselage Fullness 0
Pressurized Volume 0 percent
Cargo Decks 1
Cleanness 52 percent
Unstreamlined section 5.7 sq ft
User equipment 1,800 lbs