Convair R3Y-2 Tradewind
1/72 aircraft scale plastic model kit
Amodel 72037
Manufacturer: Amodel (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/72
Material: Plastic
Paint: Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
Convair received a request from the United States Navy in 1945 for the design of a large flying boat using new technology developed during World War II, especially the laminar flow wing and still-developing turboprop technology. Their response was the Model 117. It was a large high-wing flying boat with Allison T-40 engines driving six-bladed contra-rotating propellers. It had a sleek body with a single-step hull and a slender high-lift wing with fixed floats. The Navy ordered two prototypes on 27 May 1946. Designated XP5Y-1, the first aircraft first flew on 18 April 1950 at San Diego. In August the aircraft set a turboprop endurance record of eight hours six minutes. The Navy decided not to proceed with the patrol boat version, instead directing that the design should be developed into a passenger and cargo aircraft.
One of the XP5Y-1 prototypes was lost in a non-fatal accident on 15 July 1953, while design and development continued on the passenger and cargo version of the aircraft. The transport and cargo version was designated the R3Y-1 Tradewind and first flew on 25 February 1954. Major changes were the removal of all armament and of the tailplane dihederal, the addition of a 10 ft (3.05 m) port-side access hatch, and redesigned engine nacelles to accept improved T40-A-10 engines. Cabin soundproofing and airconditioning were added for pressurised accommodation for 103 passengers or 24 tons of cargo. As a medevac aircraft, 92 stretcher cases could be carried.
General characteristics
- Crew: five
- Capacity: 80
- Length: 139 ft 8 in (42.26 m)
- Wingspan: 145 ft 9 in (44.42 m)
- Height: 51 ft 5 in (15.68 m)
- Wing area: 2,102 ft² (195.3 m²)
- Empty weight: 71,824 lb (32,579 kg)
- Loaded weight: 145,500 lb (66,000 kg)
- Useful load: 47,951 lb (21,750 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 165,000 lb (74,800 kg)
- Powerplant: four × Allison T40-A-10 turboprop, 5,100 hp (3,800 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 337 kt (403 mph, 624 km/h)
- Range: 2,420 nm (2,785 mi, 4,482 km)
- Service ceiling: 39,700 ft (12,100 m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: 69.22 lb/ft² (338 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.14 hp/lb (230 W/kg)
- Stock: Out Of Stock
- Model: AMO72037
- Weight: 4.34lb
- DATE ADDED: 31/03/2014
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