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CONSOLIDATED XPBY-1 (XP3Y-1)
1935
 
TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT - PROTOTYPE
  
 
DATA
  
 
CONSOLIDATED XPBY-1 CATALINA
 (XP3Y-1)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 TWIN-ENGINE FLYING BOAT - PROTOTYPE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 CONSOLIDATED VULTEE AIRCRAFT CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :
 MARCH 21, 1935
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 NONE
NUMBER BUILT :
 1
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 104 ft
LENGTH :
 63 ft 6 in
HEIGHT :
 18 ft 6 in
WING AREA :
 1,400 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 12,512 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 19,793 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 24,803 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-58, 825 hp @ Sea Level
 
 Ugraded - Two Pratt & Whitney R-1830-64, 850 hp @ 8,000 ft,
 
 900 hp @ Takeoff
ARMAMENT :
 1 x 30 Machine Gun in Nose Turret
 
 2 x 30 cal Machine Gun Amidship in Two Sliding Waist Hatches
 
 1 x 30 cal Machine Guns in Bottom Rear of Hull Firing Through
 
 Tunnel Opening
BOMB LOAD :
 
CREW :
 8 - Pilot, Co-pilot, Bow Turret Gunner, Flight Mechanic, Radioman,
 
 Navigator and Two Waist Gunners
   
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 184 mph @ 8,000 ft, 169 mph @ Sea Level
CRUISING SPEED :
 110 mph
LANDING SPEED :
 58 mph
CLIMB RATE :
 5,000 ft in 4.1 min
RANGE :
 2,070 miles Normal, 4,270 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 18,600 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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