Absolutely gorgeous! I have been a big Catalina fan for many years. If I had ever had the means to learn to fly and own any plane I wanted, I think it might have been a PBY! The sound of this RC model is fantastic, too, with its 3-cylinder radials. Although I can appreciate the advantages of the electrics in wide use, I really think the manufacturers need to come up with a chip and speaker system that puts out the appropriate big inline, v-12, or radial engine sound the real aircraft had/has. Even as far as reproducing the sporadic coughing of a big radial first coming to life! If any company wants to take this idea and run with it, you’re welcome to it!

I had the pleasure of watching a real Catalina at an air show in Bray, Ireland yesterday. This model is a beauty.

Always loved the Catalina. And to watch a scaled RC version taking off from the water is pretty awesome. Top notch. 👌

Impressive model! I'm amazed the motors kept running with all that spray going over them.

This is a treat to see. Never saw an R.C. version take off in water.

What a beautiful model! Bravo, pilot!

PBY Catalina, very rare and exciting RC-model. Very well done!

One of my favorite RC videos

Looks really nice! I was thinking during the video that it would be nice to hear the motor sounds and bam, there it was. Thanks for posting this

One of my all time favourite aircraft and this model definately has that wow factor. Thank you for sharing

Very impressive. First PBY RC model I have seen and it's truly amphibious like it's full size inspiration.

Amazing that the spray didn't kill an engine! Had the devil's own time getting her up on the step... a beautiful plane! I've got the 1:10 version. ;-)

A beautiful model! I had the pleasure (?) of working on real ones up in Northern Ontario, years ago. Thanks for the video!

She is a beauty. Thanks for sharing your passion. By the way great landing on the grass field!

This looks homemade, what an amazing design!

Lovely model. The model is cruising faster than a fullsize Cat could cruise!

Ein wirklich feines Modell. Respekt.

Show de aeronave, e tb um show de pilotagem. Parabéns.....

Whow those are some beatifull images

Catalina always a beautiful bird.. thanks for sharing this such a fine craft realistic model.

Wow that was amazing , great take offing water 👍

The energy required to take off from water is enormous compared to a runway. Because of the scaling its shows the difficulty.

Stunning, one of my fav ww2 aircraft

I remember the hangers and ramps on the local Naval base that housed these. I can't recall them flying, I do remember the Naval blimps being phased out, flying over head.

Тоже супер, отлично посадил!!!

Very nice. thank you for the post

Beautiful built..fabulous flight!

As beautiful and flyable as the real thing!

Beautiful scale model, for a second there I thought she may become a sub. 👌

Nicely done.

I suspect subsequent takeoffs improved after you'd worked out the correct technique for water takeoffs. Well done .... and a beautiful model too 👍

Amazing plane!🔧⚒️🛠️😀👍

Ein sehr gelungenes Modell einer PBY.

Somehow I’ve never thought of the phrase “PB-Y Catalina high speed pass” 0:58. Nichtdestoweniger, toller Flug!

Excellent.

What a sight! 👍

Cat had adjustable wing of 8 degrees invalshoek water different from ground beautifull Job yunis

I suspect that during the water tests, Catalina collected water into the fuselage, during takeoff, the water moved to the tail of the fuselage, after which the hangover with the transition to a stall on the wing - corkscrew. The model is very beautiful respect to the author! With best wishes for further creativity!

Wonderful!

Amazing

Einfach Beautiful ❗👌😀👍

Sehr schön.

Surprised the water didnt stall the engines. Beautifel model

BRAVO!!!

AWSOME!!!!

Подозреваю что при водных испытаниях Каталина набрала воды в фюзеляж, при взлёте вода переместилась в хвостовую часть фюзеляжа, после чего зависание с переходом в срыв на крыло - штопор. Модель очень красивая респект автору! С наилучшими пожеланиями в дальнейшем творчестве!

She is a beauty

Fabulous

That took courage, confidence, and skill both building and flying. A few $ also helped.

Awesome modeling. Cool to see a major aircraft from ww2

Nice Bird!

You need to do what Navy crews did on calm water; open up with the bowchaser machine gun to break up the surface tension.

Nice plane.

Cousteau's Calypso 2... Beautiful seaplane.

Beautiful video, thanks for posting! Although it kind of suggests why flying boats went out of favour after WW2 when it was digging its nose in.

Lovely model of an iconic amphibian...Like the wind speed you often see modellers flying in you cant scale it or, in this case the waves. If one were to scale the waves to the airplane it would probably being like trying to take off in a heavy swell of very large waves....A dead calm or very gentle breeze might be advantageous...

That is the most adorable thing Ive ever seen. The plane that spotted the Bismark while she tried to steam for Spain, in miniature! Fantastic!

Sometimes a musical soundtrack is not appropriate, especially when the viewers want to hear the engines.

Super !!!!!!!

seemed like it took on some water??? rocked back and forth on take off too as if it was sloshing.... Great model

Very nice…

I recall reading that the pilots would pat down all the crew members to make sure that none of them had a lighter or book of matches in a stray pocket. These planes were essentially flying gas cans.

Show !!!!!

Wie hast du die Motoren synchronisiert? Konnte eine alte DC3 mit 2 OS glow übernehmen aber habe leider keine Ahnung wie ich die Motoren so hinkriege das sie immer gleich viel Schub leisten.

you have to put a drone with a camera (be able to see it on an LCD screen) behind this model plane so that the pilot can better see the direction in which the model plane is going. this way you can more accurately control the flight of the model airplane.

Sound of the engines fits wel to this model. Not the high reving nitro's.

It would be a nice touch if you add bombs and bomb racks on the underwings, and machine gun barrels in the tail and waist blisters.

Could do without the loud music. Would be nice to hear the engines.

I think the challenge is how to put the nose up from the water and that is the right time to take off

Never overlay music on this type of thing. The engines ARE the music!

I went to Catalina (island) on this type of seaplane. A bit frightening. I don't remember it pushing that much water at the bow.

If the real ones floated like that, they would have never left the ocean!

I wish we could have heard it properly.

Wing loading may be a touch heavy

What a great model. Looks nose heavy in the water?

OMG i LOVE that aircraft always have ... it had one thing no other aircraft had .. it was made from the get go to shut down one of the 2 engines and still be able to fly well ..... i would LOVE a non powered display of this wish my hands didnt shake i would build one ... keep up the practice you will get the water thing down pat .. it does seem to be riding low in the water ... was it leaking by chance ?

did it just fly away forever???

wow

How about the landing ????

How was the landing?

She's a beauty, with all the clunky spars and gear showing. The body gunners' bubbles seem a bit large, but that's just a jealous observation JL

porpoising is a Center of Gravity problem, if you are lucky.

Its trim seems a little heavy but I’m not a modeller - its an outstanding model though really well done 👍🏻

How do you keep the water from getting at the electronics? Hard to believe that it could be that water tight!

Only watched part of it. Great model, but the crappy music ruined the sound. If you must have musak, keep it in the background so we can hear those engines sing.

Needs a small amount of weight in the back for water

LOS HNOS.ROMAY TENÍAN UN CATALINA A ESCALA . EN SEXTO GRADO EN 1978....EN CIUDAD EVITA , LA MATANZA, BS.AS.ARGENTINA.

I hate to think how much he’s invested in this model. The engines alone must be a fortune!

If You Want To See A Real Catalina At Work, Inside And Out, The Movie "South Pacific," A Great Musical Is A Good Place To Start, Especially On Blu-Ray!! One Of The Great Rogers And Hammerstein Musicals, From When America Entertained, Instead Of Degenerating By Diktat!!!

Nice bird! If you build another one, how much weight do you think you could shave off?

nach dem theater am anfang, hab ich von dem wasserstart mehr erwartet. es erinnerte mich eher an ein u-boot das zu tauchen, als an ein flugboot das abzuheben versucht...

Needs more stab/ elevator and bigger tail and rudder. and perhaps a deeper keel and water rudder.

Great presentation Where can I buy and/or build one like that plane

Nice plane and nice viceo, a shame I have to hear your choice of music over the engines, prefer silence so finally muted and missed any further engine sounds.. :(

Is this a model of the plane that landed to help the survivors of the U.S.S. Indianapolis?

Living in the Virgin Islands, we have a special love affair with this type of seaplane. Actress Maureen O’Hara was part of Antilles Air Boats, … (website) … “with a fleet of 23 amphibious aircraft including 19 Grumman Goose seaplanes, was making more than 100 flights a day, carrying some 250,000 passengers a year. Virgin Islanders often referred to Antilles Airboats as “The streetcar line of the Virgin Islands.”’

Sitting pretty low in the water, was it taking on water? Do you have bilge pump?

Those tiny ripples in the water are scale equivilent to a two to three foot swell I would guess. I don't know what kind of conditions the full size Catalina could take, but anything more than a millpond is misery in a flying boat.

Exactly loke my 60" catalina on water. No way will mine lift off. I put bow deflectors on. Still no joy

I want a real one!