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PBY Catalina
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Aerosoft PBY Catalina User Guide

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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
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
Aerosoft Sound Control ................................................................................................................... 10
Flight model .................................................................................................................................... 10
Using the switches and knobs .......................................................................................................... 10
Interactive Checklist ........................................................................................................................ 11
Avionics, 1940’s military cockpit ...................................................................................................... 12
Engaging the autopilot ............................................................................................................. 14
Gain settings ............................................................................................................................ 14
Heading ................................................................................................................................... 14
Pitch ........................................................................................................................................ 14
Bank ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Avionics, modern cockpit .
Engine Settings ................................................................................................................................ 19
Appendix A: Simplified checklist ...................................................................................................... 21
Power Up .................................................................................................................................... 21
Engine Starting ............................................................................................................................ 22
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Approach ..................................................................................................................................... 26
Termination ................................................................................................................................. 28
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Introduction

The Catalina was always very high on our list of possible projects, but only with FSX around did we get the platform that could do all the details and special options we wanted to include. There are two reasons why the Catalina was so important to us, first (of course) because it is a very important aircraft, back in the days it hunted down submarines but even now in its new role as crowd pleaser at air shows. Secondly because it is just the most whacky looking aircraft we know. Seen from the front it looks like a dinosaur and from the side it looks like three different aircraft and a boat were glued together. But despite looking strange it was a remarkable effective and successful aircraft and we are proud to offer it to you.
This manual contains two distinct parts. The first part (the one you are reading now) aircraft in FSX and the second part is about the ‘real’ aircraft. The second part of the manual is not one for the simulated version but from an actual flying PBY 5A. We feel so confident about our simulation that we include that with permission of the Stichting Exploitatie Catalina PH-PBY (
http://www.catalina-pby.nl).
deals with the

System requirements

• Microsoft Flight Simulator FSX (with SP2 or Acceleration Pack)
• Dual Core CPU
• 2 GB RAM internal memory
• 512 MB graphic card
• Adobe Acrobat® Reader 8 minimal to read and print the manual (
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Credits

Concept: Mathijs Kok (Aerosoft) Models/Textures Stefan Hofmann (Aerosoft) XML/ gauges Finn Jacobsen Flight modelling John Cagle GPS/Radio gauges Don Kuhn (FS2X.com) Project Management: Mathijs Kok (Aerosoft) Manual, documentation: Mathijs Kok (Aerosoft), Christoph Beck Sounds: Nick Schreger (Meatwater Studios) and Aerosoft Additional liveries: Dag Roger Stangeland Images: Nick Churchill Installer: Andreas Mügge (Aerosoft) Testing: Several good folks who will all be getting a free copy
With special thanks to the the Stichting Exploitatie Catalina PH-PBY ( the Danish Technical Museum ( information. At the museum you will soon be able to fly this aircraft.
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http://www.tekniskmuseum.dk) that provided us with a lot of
http://www.catalina-pby.nl) and
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