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Title: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: donna43 on September 14, 2017, 06:09:55 AM

Came across this contraption while looking for SC-1 Seahawk photos from the USS Indianapolis.

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Title: Re: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: Vraciu on September 14, 2017, 07:10:55 AM

I love the PB4Y. 

Heh, can you imagine firing the top one?   Roar!

Title: Re: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: bustr on September 14, 2017, 02:52:01 PM

The British did that with their lend lease B24's they used for maritime patrol.

Title: Re: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: colmbo on September 14, 2017, 06:17:52 PM

Quote from: Vraciu on September 14, 2017, 07:10:55 AM

I love the PB4Y. 

-1 or -2?  I would have liked to have flown a -2 to compare the tow...except I think about all the -2s today have been retrofitted with Wright 2600s instead of the Pratt 1830s.

Title: Re: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: Vraciu on September 15, 2017, 10:44:23 AM

Quote from: colmbo on September 14, 2017, 06:17:52 PM

-1 or -2?  I would have liked to have flown a -2 to compare the tow...except I think about all the -2s today have been retrofitted with Wright 2600s instead of the Pratt 1830s.

Both but the -2 is my favorite. 

Title: Re: PB4Y-2 5 Inch HVAR Rails
Post by: bustr on September 15, 2017, 01:15:31 PM

With that very tall rudder, is it equal to the combined area of the B24 dual rudders?

Sorry, the nose turret made me think B24J. The British were putting HVAR rails on their B24's for maritime patrol starting from earlier in the war.


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