Plane Sailing Catalina

can any one help me i have built a catlina pby 5 a the kit is by ati manufacturing the problem is the rear wheels retract system if any body has info or pictures how they have done theres please help me out

Hello Archer,

I stand corrected, thanks for putting the record straight. Anyone know if it’s planned to bring the Dutch Cat over for any shows this year?

Tom

Tom, that only relates how the earlier Cats had a differently shaped rudder than the PBY-4 and later series. It mentions the PBY-6 having a taller fin, but this was a slightly different shape than the Plane Sailing Cat (see image below). The Plane Sailing Cat (the original one) had been modified with R-2600 engines instead of the normal R-1830s and the larger, rectangular rudder was a part of this modification.

Original rudder shape (PBY-1 shown here):

Normal PBY-4/5 rudder shape:

PBY-6:

VH-BPS:

For details on the fin mod scroll down the following page:

http://www.century-of-flight.freeola.com/Aviation%20history/coming%20of%20age/flying%20boats/Consolidated%20PBY-5%20Catalina.htm

Tom

I believe it was a postwar modification to certain Cats to improve rudder authority, possibly combined with an engine upgrade, but I’m sure someone will confirm if this is the case. G-PBYA appears to have an original rudder…

another thing, looking at the tail of the new catalina , and looking at the tail of their old catalina, ive noticed the shape of the tail fins are very different? did British Catalina’s have a different fin fitted?

this is a pic of their old one from airliners.net-

thanks for the update Tom_W 🙂 , i cant wait to see the catalina this year, i havent seen one fly in ages.

Graeme

A little bird tells me that she’s off to the paint shop at Marshalls anytime soon, maintenance is all but finished and CAA are happy, bring on the ‘proper’ scheme 😉

Tom

Glad to hear it hasn’t been repainted _just_ yet, events conspired to prevent me seeing it flying last year, be nice to see it with that patina of age just once before it gets a spruce up.

An appropriate registration I think. Duxford this week end so still not painted white.

Is it planed to paint it white again? Not something else?
Just asking.

J.V.

I hope so, i heard they were going to re-paint it over winter, although obviously nothing has come of it yet. Maybe someone out there can prove me wrong?

Website showing now this Friday 1500

http://catalinabookings.org/events.asp

does anyone know if the Plane Sailing cat will be resprayed before it goes on the UK airshow circuit? i wish they would restore the cat with a gun turret/observation post in the front?

anyone hear anything about the catalina’s owned by Super Catalina restoration?

Excellent news, looking forward to seeing a “Cat” on the circuit this year!

Baginton

http://catalinabookings.org/main.asp

I know the first eight lines of “High Flight” 🙂

Moggy