CREW: 5 
SPECIFICATIONS:
Length: 61' 9"
Height: 20' 11"
Wingspan: 100'
Sesquiplanespan: 45" 3"
Wing Area: 1,514 sq. ft. / 403 sq. ft.
Weight: 12,769 empty, 25,266 gross
PROPULSION:
Engines: 2
Powerplant: Wright R-1820-90 Cyclone
Horsepower: 750 hp each
Fuel: 1,700 gallons (max)
Performance:
Range: 2,650 miles (max) / 1,180 miles with 2000 lb bombload
Cruise Speed: 1117.5 mph
Max Speed: 138 mph at 4000 feet
Stall Speed: 61 mph
Ceiling: 16,100 ft
Armament:
two dorsal .30 machine gun sliding hatches
one .30 cal machine gun in bow
2,000 lbs. of bombs or depth charges
Even before the first run of 23 P2Y-1 Rangers was completed, Max Laddon and the Consolidated team were working upgrades. The P2Y-2 Ranger had already been drafted and accepted by the Navy even before the last P2Y-1 had been completed. The last P2Y-1 was accepted by the Navy on June 27, 1933, but it was not delivered. Instead it was converted to the XP2Y-2. The aircraft performed exceptional during its test at Anacosta Naval Airbase. The main difference was the engines moved from beneath the wing to be faired into the leading edge. This not only reduced the aerodynamic drag but increased power as well as the aircraft now had 750 hp Wright R-1820-90 Cyclone engines (upgraded from the XY2P-2 -88 Cyclones) with full chord cowlings. The maximum fuel capacity had also been increased to 1,700 gallons. Laddon also designed patented beaching gear for the XP2Y-2, which was used on the P2Y-2 and P2Y-3 aircraft.
The new version was accepted by the Navy in December 1933, which ordered another 23 aircraft, and designated the P2Y-3. The P2Y-2 was actually P2Y-1s being flown by VP-5, VP-10 and at Norfolk which were kit conversions AFTER the full run of P2Y-3s had been completed in 1935.
With the added power of the Wright R-1820-90 Cyclones it was thought that the P2Y-2 could possibly carry torpedoes. Consolidated made cradles to hold a torpedoe under each sesquiplane. The option was tested but never adopted for the P2Y-3 or P2Y-3.
Consolidated P2Y-2 - 52-P-1 - on shore at Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Charleston, SC June 1940.
Consolidated P2Y-2s of VP-53 at Norfolk in 1940 as part of the Neutrality Patrol.
P2Y-2s of VP-4 Squadron flying in long distance formation over the Pacific Ocean.
A P2Y-2 of VP-4 moored approximately 1936 at Jacksonville NAS.
A Consolidated P2Y-2 moored at St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
The P2Y-2 rangers wer actually P2Y-1s which had reveived upgrade kits, and had been converted AFTER the P2Y-3s had all been completed. The kitst replaced the 575 HP Wright R-1820E Hornets with the 750 HP Wright R-1820-90 Cyclones, and move the engines into the leading edge of the wings. The move of the ngine to the wings cut down the number of external support struts needed, and this coupled with the in-wing design of the engines cut down drag signicantly. The decrease in drag and engine upgrade brought the cruising speed up to 118 mph, an increase of over 10mph.
