Talk:Consolidated PBY Catalina

Absolute ceiling and time - to -climb
Hi everyone, recently I made an added of the absolute ceiling and time to climb parameters, but these modifications has been removed. I just want to say which I have been performed some calculations using the Roskam's book as reference for deriving the parameters said previously. AmedeoF (talk) 21:29, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * You provided no sources. Performing "some calculations " is classed as WP:Original Research and is frowned upon.Nigel Ish (talk) 21:46, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining. As noted, we cannot accept original research here in Wikipedia. - Ahunt (talk) 21:50, 13 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry for that,I 'm "new" on Wikipedia. Thanks for explaining me the right way. AmedeoF (talk) 11:15, 14 May 2023 (UTC)
 * No problem. Wikipedia is now 21 years old, so it is a bit of a learning curve to get into it here. I hope you will stick around and contribute, though, as we always need more help here . - Ahunt (talk) 11:46, 14 May 2023 (UTC)

Crew count?
The handbook of erection and maintenance instructions describes the Catalina as having accommodation for 8 crew, so wouldn't that mean the crew count is meant to be 8 not 10? Yes, there's 10 roles, but navigation and radio are on the same station, and surely you only need two gunners across the waist and tunnel guns, which would fit the 8 crew limit if you have a pilot, copilot, bomber/bow turret gunner, mechanic and radar operator for the other 5 crew. Imperatoria Hoppo (talk) 02:19, 12 October 2023 (UTC)


 * The number was changed from 8 to 10 in this unsourced, unchallenged edit in 2013. The flight manual (freely downloadable) details which crew member sits where during cruise and battle, two of the crew move for the latter. There are also nice drawings making it even clearer where the crew are stationed and how they are protected with armour plating. Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by)  17:03, 12 October 2023 (UTC)