PBY, PBN, OA-10 Catalina and CANSO

[GTX]

Hi folks,

I've previously said that the Catalina is one aircraft I don't think I coul d bring myself to whiff, however I'm brave (or silly) enough to see what you could do.  I'll start off with an idea:

New engines - say a RR Griffon as in theSupermarine Seagull:  





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What else can you come up with - I'm afraid to look!!!

Regards,

Greg

[Brian da Basher]

I can tell you're afraid to look because instad of a pic, your post contained the dreaded red X.
:redx:
How about a Catalina with jets like a DH Comet?

Brian da Basher

[PanzerWulff]

I'm workimg on one with turboprops off of a C-130 and replacing the .50 cals with miniguns I'm not sure what else I'm going to add to it it will be a rebel/pirate buster named.......(oh they're gonna hurt me for this one).........."The TURBO CAT"!!!

(Grabs coat and RUNS FOR COVER!!!)
"Panzer"

[The Rat]

Don't feel bad gents, my Dad flew PBYs with the U.S. Navy and I'm not offended. WHIFF ON!    

[GTX]

Catalina with jets

Maybe if they are mounted Tu-72/74 style (got to keep that big radial engined look!):




Regards,

Greg

[Mossie]

Remove the hull for a conventional cargo aircraft.

It's a "Cat" right?  Paint it up in tortoiseshell, tigerstripes etc!

Zwilling version.  Cat-amaran-alina....  I'll get me coat! :dum:

Manx Cat.  Tailless variant....  Umm, where was me coat again??? :dum:  :dum:  :dum:  

[GTX]

Zwilling version. Cat-amaran-alina.... I

Like these:




Don't like it!

Regards,

Greg

[GTX]

Of course, one could stick to the real world upgrades and simply give the Cat sharper claws:

Four fixed .50-caliber machine guns bolted to the keel proved lethal to enemy barges and other vessels:



A pair of fixed 20mm cannons mounted in the bow:



Regards,

Greg

[Archangel]

Civilian operators added a pair of turbo props to the wings so I don';t see why a military version couldn't have them.

[GTX]

Civilian operators added a pair of turbo props to the wings so I don';t see why a military version couldn't have them.

ah yes the  Bird Innovator - the creator should have been strangled for such vandalism.  At least only one was created and it was converted back!  It wouldn't have been so bad if he kep to radials!




Regards,

Greg

[gooberliberation]

Wouldn't be bad if he converted them all to turbines. Keeping radials AND turboprops just doesnt seem right.

[Mossie]

Thought I'd mess about with a cargo version.  Kind of looks like a Caribou or Buffalo.

[McGreig]

Zwilling version. Cat-amaran-alina.... I

Don't like it!

That's unfortunate - I've got one of these on the go as we speak   :ar:   However, it keeps getting put on the back burner by other projects    and so far all that I've done is to build the wing. Maybe a candidate for Phoenix Build II  

It'll actually be a Soviet Twin-GST and it'll be quite close to the four engined machine in your post but the tailplane will be at the normal height (and may be left in two sections as on the He-111Z) and the hulls will be connected directly by additional struts. Well, eventually they will - - -  :dum:  

[The Rat]

Civilian operators added a pair of turbo props to the wings so I don';t see why a military version couldn't have them.

ah yes the  Bird Innovator - ...

Weren't t-props though. GSO-480 Lycomings.

[Iranian F-14A]

Say 4x Turboprops and ASW gear,reprofile the nose,like the Grumman Albaross to contain a search radar and put a MAD in the tail.you could also possibly do away with the waist blister for post war ops,but these are good for more then just gun stations(like in the maritime recon and SAR roles) so keeping them might not be a bad thing.