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CONSOLIDATED PBY-4 CATALINA
1938
 
MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
 
 
 
DATA
 
 
CONSOLIDATED PBY-4 CATALINA
 
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 MULTI-ROLE/TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1938
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 May 1938-39
NUMBER BUILT :
 33
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 104 ft
LENGTH :
 65 ft 2 in
HEIGHT :
 18 ft 6 in
WING AREA :
 1,400 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 16,837 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 24,813 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 32,011 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-72, 1,050 @ Takeoff
 
 900 hp @ 10,000 ft, Two-Row, Twin Wasp Radial Engines
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose Turret
 
 2 x 50 cal Machine Gun Amidship in Two Sliding Waist Hatches
 
 1 x 50 cal Machine Guns in Bottom Rear of Hull Firing
 
 Through Tunnel Opening
BOMB LOAD :
 4 x 325 lbs Depth Charges in Underwing Racks, or
 
 4 x 500 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
 
 4 x 1000 lbs Bombs in Underwing Racks, or
 
 2 x 1,435 lbs Mark XIII Torpedoes, 8,000 lbs Total Bomb Load
CREW :
 8 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bow Turret Gunner, Flight Mechanic, Radioman,
 
 Navigator and Two Waist Gunners
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 197 mph @ 12,000 ft, 176 mph @ Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :
 115 mph
LANDING SPEED :
 71 mph
CLIMB RATE :
 870 ft/min
RANGE :
 2,070 miles Normal, 1,285 w/ 2,000 lbs Bomb Load, 4,430 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 24,100 ft
 
 
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
 
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II. New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

 
 
     
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