| P6Y | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General information | |
| Type | ASWflying boat |
| Manufacturer | Convair |
| Primary user | U.S. Navy |
| Number built | 0 |
TheConvair P6Y was an unbuiltaircraft designed byConvair in the 1950s. The design was initiated to meet a requirement of theUnited States Navy (USN) for ananti-submarine warfareseaplane.[1]
The design was for aflying boat that would make use ofboundary layer control to achieve slow speed flight.[1] It was intended that this would enable the aircraft to land on the open ocean in rough seas and deploy adipping sonar.[1] Other visual features of the design were an extremely large swept vertical fin that, combined with the dorsal fin and rudder, would have been about half the total length of the aircraft, and a thimble noseradome.[2]
Two prototypes were ordered under the USN designationXP6Y-1 with the BuNos. (Navy serial numbers) 147206 and 147207.[3] The design had competition from theMartin P7M SubMaster,[4] but the USN's preference was for the P6Y. Both types suffered from budget constraints and neither was built (although a mock-up of the P7M was constructed);[1] the USN cancelled the contract for the two prototype XP6Y-1s[5] and later opted for the land-basedP-3 Orion instead.[1]
General characteristics
Performance
Armament
Missiles, bombs, and depth charges on external hardpoints
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