Aerosoft PBY Catalina User Guide
PBY Catalina
Aerosoft PBY Catalina 1.00 Manual
Contents
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................... 4
System requirements ........................................................................................................................ 4
Credits ............................................................................................................................................... 4
Copyrights ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Contact support ................................................................................................................................ 5
Models and versions.......................................................................................................................... 6
Limitations ........................................................................................................................................ 7
Gear/Floats.................................................................................................................................... 7
Behavior on water ......................................................................................................................... 7
Hardware ...................................................................................................................................... 7
Views............................................................................................................................................. 7
Failure model and special features .................................................................................................... 8
Cylinder Head Temperature overheat ............................................................................................ 8
Oil Temperature overheat ............................................................................................................. 8
Carburetor icing ............................................................................................................................. 8
Structural icing .............................................................................................................................. 9
Fouled sparkplugs .......................................................................................................................... 9
Shock cooling................................................................................................................................. 9
Aerosoft Sound Control ................................................................................................................... 10
Flight model .................................................................................................................................... 10
Using the switches and knobs .......................................................................................................... 10
Interactive Checklist ........................................................................................................................ 11
Avionics, 1940’s military cockpit ...................................................................................................... 12
Communication and navigation ................................................................................................... 12
Sperry Autopilot .......................................................................................................................... 13
Engaging the autopilot ............................................................................................................. 14
Gain settings ............................................................................................................................ 14
Heading ................................................................................................................................... 14
Pitch ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Bank ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Avionics, modern cockpit .
Bendix King KT 76c Transponder .................................................................................................. 15
Bendix King KR 87 ADF receiver. .................................................................................................. 16
Bendix King KN62A DME display. ................................................................................................. 17
Bendix King KMA24 Audio panel .................................................................................................. 17
Coms Radio and GPS receiver ...................................................................................................... 18
Engine Settings ................................................................................................................................ 19
Appendix A: Simplified checklist ...................................................................................................... 21
Power Up .................................................................................................................................... 21
Before Starting ............................................................................................................................ 22
Engine Starting ............................................................................................................................ 22
Before Taxi .................................................................................................................................. 23
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