RUMOR... NEW PLANE PBY BLACK CATS!

[Motherland]

The PBY always reminds me of a really odd looking Grumman Goose...

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Who produced the PBY?

Consolidated Aircraft Corporation.

[999000]

Simaril, I'll give you one great reason......The new water terrain is awsome.....Now wouldn't it be cool to have a plane able to land in it!
<S> 999000

[AWwrgwy]

Simaril, I'll give you one great reason......The new water terrain is awsome.....Now wouldn't it be cool to have a plane able to land in it!
<S> 999000

First they need to coad "being able to land in water."



wrongway

[SD67]

We need water that when you hit it you go INTO it not sit ON TOP of it.

[slayem]

I wonder how much those twin 20mm's would slow the old duck down when fired?
As an old vulcan 20mm gatlin gunner i remember setting her up on frozen ground and firing
a thirty round burst would scoot it about 4 inches across the ground.  60 round burst good for about
an 8 inch slide. Would usually dig in enough to stop after a foot and a half or so. Towed vulcan
was a dandy little ride for a trigger man.

[lyric1]

RAAF Cat.

[Megalodon]

Consolidated PBY Catalina with the RAF
two good films after the interview
the second has a good shot of the twins gitting racked up... a fellow looking through the bombsite.... taking off...loading supplies.. Great!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNqHENNmChU


Drinkin rum and CoCa Colaaaaa
 

[Chalenge]

The most famous Cat I can remember was a PBY-6a flown by Philippe Cousteau. Revel even released a model  of it but after the tragic death of Philippe it was removed from availability. The aircraft nosed over during a high speed taxi run after a water landing to check the hull for leakage. The Catalina turned upside down causing the fuselage to break behind the cockpit. The wing separated from the fuselage and the left engine sheared its mounting and the prop penetrated the captains side of the cockpit.

[raiders]

I think it would be a great addition.  Make it so you could fly out and land by a cv and resup it, pt spawn was good idea to.  It had a lot of good uses and yes they did hunt subs in wolfpacks.  Just saw it on military channel the other night.

Im all for it.

why would u resupply a CV plus PBYs cant carry supplys.

[Saxman]

Actually yes they did. PBYs were one of the main lifelines for the Cactus Air Force. They couldn't carry a HUGE load or as much as a C-47 but were able to bring in fuel, ammunition, oxygen bottles, and some limited stores of ordinance.

[SectorNine50]

why would u resupply a CV plus PBYs cant carry supplys.

Anything can carry supplies... Hell, a P-51 could fly a jar of jelly to another base if needed.

[Megalodon]

Here is a good series PBY Catalina 1/5   About 1/3rd the way in film 1 are some shots of a black cat flying and  about 3/4 though film 4 into film 5 are some good action shots of a black cat sqd.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Great+Planes+-+PBY+Catalina+1%2F5&aq=f

[Megalodon]

I'm gonna get chewed out for referencing a video game like this, but the PBY in COD5 (cringe...) has 20mm and 30mm in the... I think ventricle or the chin turret... can't remember.  Out of curiosity, where would they get the idea to put those guns on the plane in-game?

This 1? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WV2PXQjeMes

[Ruler2]

Anything can carry supplies... Hell, a P-51 could fly a jar of jelly to another base if needed.

and you know how mad the sheep get when they don't have their jelly

[StokesAk]

lol