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The Avid Catalina is an American homebuilt flying boat that was designed and produced by Avid Aircraft of Caldwell, Idaho.〔Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition'', page 122. BAI Communications, 15 July 1998. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1〕〔Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 24. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851〕 It is a development of the Avid Amphibian.〔Experimental Aircraft Association (June 1992), ''EAA Experimenter'', page 21, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.〕 When it was available the aircraft was supplied as a kit, for amateur construction.〔〔 The Catalina was introduced in September 1994. Avid Aircraft ceased operations in November 2003 and Catalina production ended.〔Avid Aircraft, ''Avid-Comm newsletter'', September 1994.〕 ==Design and development== The Catalina features a strut-braced high-wing, a three seat enclosed cabin, retractable conventional landing gear, a boat hull and a single engine in pusher configuration.〔 The aircraft is made from mixed construction, consisting of welded steel tubing, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric, plus fiberglass for the hull and other parts. Its span wing has a wing area of and folds for storage or ground transport, without disconnecting the controls. The wing is supported by "V" lift struts with jury struts.〔 The Catalina wings had the option of mid-wing sponsons, or the original Amphibian droop wing tip sponsons for water operations.〔Avid Aircraft, ''Catalina Builder's Manual'', revision 9/1/92 Section III A Chapter 6〕 The original engine used was the Rotax 582 twin cylinder two stroke powerplant.〔 Other known engines flown have included the Rotax 618,〔 Rotax 912, Hirth F30, Hirth 2706 and Verner 133MK engines. The Catalina has an empty weight of and a gross weight of , giving a useful load of . With full fuel of the payload is . While the fuel tank is standard equipment, the factory also offered optional and tanks. The earlier Amphibian model offered only standard fuel, with a total of as two tanks optional.〔〔Avid Aircraft, ''Sales Brochure'', published 15 March 1992〕 The Avid Amphibian and Catalina could also be built without water operations capability. This variation of the aircraft was dubbed the "Landphibian", and was lighter without the inboard and outboard sponsons. In 1992 the Amphibian kit cost US$16,695, while the land-only version kit was US$15,695.〔 The manufacturer estimated the construction time from the supplied kit as 700 hours.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avid Catalina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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