CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA Civil Aircraft Model Details

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General Information of CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA

Designer : Isaac M. Laddon

First Flight : 12871

Introduction : October 1936, United States Navy

Manufacturer : Consolidated Aircraft

Number Built : 3,305 ( 2,661 US-built,[1] 620 Canadian-built, 24 Soviet-built[2])

Primary Users : United States Navy; United States Army Air Forces; Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force

Produced : 1936–1945

Retired : January 1957 (United States Navy Reserve); 1979 (Brazilian Air Force)

Role : Maritime patrol and search-and-rescue seaplane

Unit_Cost : US$90,000 (as of 1935); Adjusted for inflation: US$1548131

Variants : Bird Innovator

General characteristics of CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA

Aspect Ratio : 7.73

Crew : 10 — pilot, co-pilot, bow turret gunner, flight engineer, radio operator, navigator, radar operator, two waist gunners, ventral gunner

Empty Weight : 20,910 lb (9,485 kg)

Height : 21 ft 1 in (6.15 m)

Length : 63 ft 10 7/16 in (19.46 m)

Max Takeoff Weight : 35,420 lb (16,066 kg)

Powerplant : 2 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp radial engines, 1,200 hp (895 kW each) each Zero-lift drag coefficient : 0.0309

Wing Area : 1,400 ft² (130 m²)

Wingspan : 104 ft 0 in (31.70 m)

Performance of CONSOLIDATED PBY CATALINA

Cruise Speed : 125 mph (201 km/h)

Maximum Speed : 196 mph (314 km/h)

Power/Mass : 0.034 hp/lb (0.056 kW/kg)

Range : 2,520 mi (4,030 km)

Rate Of Climb : 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)

Service Ceiling : 15,800 ft (4,000 m)

Wing Loading : 25.3 lb/ft² (123.6 kg/m²)

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