Consolidated PBY-5A "Catalina"
Country of Service : | United States |
Role : | Flying Boat |
First Flight : | |
Production Date : | |
In-Service Date : | December 1940 |
Manufacturer : | Consolidated Aircraft Company |
Number Produced : | 803 |
Crew : | 7 |
Length : | 19.47 meters |
Height : | 6.15 meters |
Empty Weight : | 7950 kilograms |
Operational Weight : | 15422 kilograms |
Maximum Weight : | kilograms |
Wing Span : | 31.7 meters |
Wing Aspect Ratio : | 7.76 |
Wing Area : | 130.06 square meters |
Wing Load : | 118.58 kg per square meter |
Engine Number : | 2 |
Engine Name : | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-92 Twin Wasp |
Coolant : | Air |
Cylinders: | R-14 |
Capacity: | 30 Liters |
Power : | 1200 hp @ 2700 rpm |
Power / Weight Ratio : | 155.62 hp per tonne |
Max Speed : | 288 kph at 2134 meters |
Cruising Speed : | 172 kph @ 100 meters |
Climb : | 158 |
Service Ceiling : | 4481 meters |
Range : | 4096 kilometers |
Fuel Capacity : | 6624 liters |
Machinegun Armament : | 2x 7.62mm Browning (Trainable Forward)
1x 7.62mm Browning (Trainable Rearward)
2x 7.62mm Browning (Waist Guns) |
Cannon Armament : | None |
Payload : | 2041kg (Wings External) |
Gunsight : | None |
Avionics : | Wireless Radio |
Pilot Armor : | No |
Self-Sealing Fuel Tanks : | Yes |
Armored Windscreen : | No |