AN 01-5MC PBY-6A Flight Operation Instructions - Preliminary

Consolidated PBY Catalina

Wing span is 104 ft. The wing is mounted on a super¬structure: built up from the hull, and is braced by four struts, two on each side, extending from the hull to the under surface of the wing. Wing main center and outer panels ate aluminum alloy, beam and truss, stressed skin construction, with detachable trailing edges made of braced aluminum alloy ribs covered with doped fabric. Leading edges of both center and outer panel are all metal, and are detachable. Main panel and leading and trailing edge structures incorporate ducts for the heat anti-icing system, which derives its heat from the engine exhaust. The wing also incorporates the engine nacelles, fuel and oil tanks and the two retractable auxiliary floats and their operating mechanism.

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