Catalina PBY 6 flying boat

[octagon]

Great work Michael. Looking forward to seeing her fly.

[Michael]

Progressing.

[Michael]

Almost done.

A few more touch ups, a few adjustments, battery placement, measure amp-draw and decide on props, throws, etc.

I moved the nacelles out about an inch each to allow for more prop clearance.

[sihinch]

Very nice Michael.

[BJROB]

Nice looking plane, you did a awesome job.

[Michael]

There's quite a bit of small things to be done, but for now, I'm going to finish the battery installation, balance and set the throws. I will then hang the plane up and leave it for flying, and only then, do more detail work.

[octagon]

Looks really spectacular Michael. Good job. Good idea too about seeing how it flies before spending hours detailing it.

[Michael]

I tested 3 sets of propellers.

9/6 2-blade APC electric props drew 26 amps at full throttle at the battery.
10/5.5 2-blade APC electric rotor/drone props drew 36 amps at full throttle at the battery.
9/7 3-blade Master-Airscrew props drew 35 amps at full throttle at the battery.

3-blades win because they look more scale. 

[piker]

Wow!  The Cat looks fantastic!

Hey!  Where did you find those pilots, and what scale do you figure they represent?

[Michael]

Scale wingspan is 104 feet, so I figured approx. 6% for the height of a scale pilot.

Model wingspan is 72".
6% of 72" = approx. 4" or so.

I found nice 4" military figures at Walmart, cut them and glued them to a sheet of plastic, now mounted inside the canopy/battery hatch.
The location of the pilots inside the cockpit roughly looks like what I've seen on Google.

[piker]

Hmm..  O.K.  I need about 7" and 5".  I'll check out the toy section when I'm ready