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Post by kenninny on Jan 20, 2014 18:32:04 GMT 1
The new child added to my hanger is the PBY CATALINA I should expect it by the end of the week
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Post by coupe1942 on Jan 21, 2014 0:14:13 GMT 1
You know the rules, no photos, then it never happened... :-)
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Post by hghost on Jan 21, 2014 5:39:39 GMT 1
The new child added to my hanger is the PBY CATALINA I should expect it by the end of the week[/quote I started to get one of them,( they were out of stock at the time) but the size bothered me due to the flying fields I have had to use. Believe it would be a great belly lander...and would be great to figure away to install retracts where they rose up to the side like the real ones do....Sweet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQNO086IzYHERE is an even Better review of the Catalina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hvHvUlFHKs |
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Post by coupe1942 on Jan 21, 2014 8:35:08 GMT 1
I am wondering if the sign on the opposite side of that fence in that video says, "Please, please, please fly over our rifle range." :-) I used to fly in the HU-16 D Albatross planes at Midway Island. There were only 16 left in the Navy at that time. Probably none, now. Although I loved seeing them and all, I can't think of a single Plane Captain that loved them so very much, as they were hot as hell in the summer heat and cold as hell in the winter cold. We had two of them in those days and did SAR (Sea and Air) rescue back then. They really didn't go above 10,000 feet, as that required a front to rear inspection and the parts were not all that ready to obtain. Still, they were impressive as hell to be around. It was funny, as I was a 2nd class parachute rigger at the time and they had 16 chutes on them. Every 3 months I had to pull them and replace with fresh ones. However, the chutes were not packed at Midway, as the salt air was too bad. We sent them to Barber's Point, NAS, Hawaii to be packed. That was about the extent of my job when on that island. Replacing the chutes every 3 months and just killing time until then. The UH-34 choppers had maybe 6 chutes, but could never go 10,000 feet, so they were never, ever deployed, but also required replacement every 3 months (90 days). Seems like most of the PBYs went on to become Forest Service planes, but I may be wrong on that. Pretty cool looking video. I'd love to have one, but I have no idea where I'd hide it from my wife. :-) I do wish they had shown just how they mounted their camera with a close up. If these are anywhere like my Bixler, I'd be looking to find a better way to secure the canopy to not lose it though. They certainly look easy to assemble/build. I think I'd be using some threadlock on the screws though. I still have my floats on my SC. These PBYs look to be about the same size as my SC, but with the wing tips blunted/cut off. I don't recall our sea planes having any water rudder to them, but I was not a plane captain, so I never looked aft to see such if it was stored. This is about what our sea planes looked like back in '68. They had orange Herculite seat covers in them. They were a different color than this 2nd photo, but I don't have any original photos to share and most of the online photos are of civilian or Air Force and Coast Guard ones.   |
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Post by coupe1942 on Jan 23, 2014 9:00:28 GMT 1
You may already know this, but there are several YouTube videos for this specific plane. I watched several recently and here is a link to just one site. I have no idea how good or bad this company is, as I have not dealt with them: www.graysonhobby.com/pbyI may put one on my personal wish list for Father's Day or such, but too costly to do right now. They look like a lot of fun. Some of the YouTube videos show some tricks in mods to do with them, too. |
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Post by kenninny on Jan 23, 2014 18:33:29 GMT 1
I should receive it on Friday the 24th, I not able to post picture yet
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Post by coupe1942 on Jan 24, 2014 4:08:20 GMT 1
I'd like to see what type of foam is actually used for it. It looked almost like plastic in some of the videos I saw, but it is foam, right? Maybe it was the color of the plane shown on the videos I saw, but it looked pretty strong, regardless.
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Post by Cubflyer on Feb 1, 2014 13:37:35 GMT 1
Congratulations! I've admired that plane for some time and it has a great history. Very much looking forward to hearing/seeing how she fly's!
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Post by kenninny on Feb 1, 2014 15:27:16 GMT 1
I have it and got it ready to fly, but I will not maiden it until the spring, it made of epo foam, and I like
the blue & yellow over the gray one. I sprayed it with a sealer for more protection, I used a can of Valspar
clear sealer (gloss) so it nice and shiny it didn't hurt the foam any, can't wait for spring
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Post by hghost on Feb 2, 2014 1:37:04 GMT 1
I have it and got it ready to fly, but I will not maiden it until the spring, it made of epo foam, and I like the blue & yellow over the gray one. I sprayed it with a sealer for more protection, I used a can of Valspar clear sealer (gloss) so it nice and shiny it didn't hurt the foam any, can't wait for spring You need to inform us on how she flies when you do take a few pics if ya can I liked that Blue-Yellow scheme as well. |
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Post by kenninny on Mar 22, 2014 17:26:34 GMT 1
With temps in the 40s, and light winds, maiden the catalina yesterday. It took off from the grass
with no problem climb gracefully, it flies very stable, and scoots along at a nice pace at half
throttle, cut back more throttle and its nice and slow, put it in a climb at full throttle, and
it will go vertical. I'm very please. If you buy this plane, you should pull the motors off and
re glue them with a stronger glue
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