Английская Википедия:Avid Catalina
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The Avid Catalina is an American homebuilt amphibious aircraft that was designed and produced by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho.[1][2][3] It is a development of the Avid Amphibian.[4]
When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit, for amateur construction.[1][2]
The Catalina was introduced in September 1994. Avid Aircraft ceased operations in November 2003 and Catalina production ended.[5][6]
Design and development
The Catalina features a strut-braced high-wing, a three-seat enclosed cabin, retractable conventional landing gear, a boat hull and a single engine in pusher configuration.[1]
The aircraft is made from mixed construction, consisting of welded steel tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric, plus fiberglass for the hull and other parts. Its Шаблон:Convert span wing has a wing area of Шаблон:Convert and folds for storage or ground transport, without disconnecting the controls. The wing is supported by "V" lift struts with jury struts.[1] The Catalina wings had the option of mid-wing sponsons, or the original Amphibian droop wing tip sponsons for water operations.[7]
The original engine used was the Шаблон:Convert Rotax 582 twin cylinder two stroke powerplant.[1] Other known engines flown have included the Rotax 618,[5] Rotax 912,[8] Hirth F30,[9] Hirth 2706[10] and Verner 133MK[11] engines.
The Catalina has an empty weight of Шаблон:Convert and a gross weight of Шаблон:Convert, giving a useful load of Шаблон:Convert. With full fuel of Шаблон:Convert the payload is Шаблон:Convert. While the Шаблон:Convert fuel tank is standard equipment, the factory also offered optional Шаблон:Convert and Шаблон:Convert tanks. The earlier Amphibian model offered only Шаблон:Convert standard fuel, with a total of Шаблон:Convert as two Шаблон:Convert tanks optional.[1][12]
The Avid Amphibian and Catalina could also be built without water operations capability. This variation of the aircraft was dubbed the "Landphibian", and was lighter without the inboard and outboard sponsons. In 1992 the Amphibian kit cost US$16,695, while the land-only version kit was US$15,695.[12]
The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 700 hours.[1]
Operational history
By 2001 the company reported that 100 examples of the Amphibian/Catalina were flying.[2]
In December 2013 eleven examples were registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration.[13]
One builder, Rod Snider, of Boise, Idaho, wrote, "I completed the land version of the Avid Amphibian in January of 1987. Since then I have flown this remarkable little plane for 1960 hours. It is really a superb plane for sightseeing and flying slow and camping in back country airstrips. Three people of medium build can be carried comfortably, as can two people and all necessary camping gear with full fuel."[1] This aircraft was reported as destroyed in January 2004.[14]
Variants
- Amphibian
- Earlier version with turned down wingtips acting as tip floats[4]
- Catalina
- Later version introduced in September 1994, with conventional wing-mounted floats.[1]
- Landphibian
- Version with float gear removed.[12]
Specifications (Catalina)
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 Purdy, Don: AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition, page 122. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 Downey, Julia: 2002 Kit Aircraft Directory, Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 24. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Experimental Aircraft Association (June 1992), EAA Experimenter, page 21, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Avid Aircraft, Avid-Comm newsletter, September 1994.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Avid Aircraft, Catalina Builder's Manual, revision 9/1/92 Section III A Chapter 6
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- ↑ 12,0 12,1 12,2 Avid Aircraft, Sales Brochure, published 15 March 1992
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