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| Evolved in parallel with the P-35, the 2PA was a two-seat
fighter and fighter-bomber with a fundamentally
similar airframe and offered with either a similar undercarriage
to that of the single-seater as the 2PA-L (Land)
or with an amphibious float undercarriage as the 2PA-A
(Amphibian). Dubbed "Convoy Fighter" by the manufacturer,
the 2PA was powered by a Wright R-1820-G2
or G3 Cyclone nine-cylinder radial engine, the former
rated at 1,000hp for take-off and the latter at 875hp.
Armament comprised two wing-mounted 7.62mm or 12.7mm Browning guns, one 7.62mm
Browning on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit, plus
two forward-firing fuselage-mounted 7.62mm or 12.7mm
Browning guns. Provision was made for a bomb load of
up to 227kg on internal wing racks. Early in
1939, Major Seversky embarked upon a European sales tour in a 2PA-202 or 2PA-BX which was fitted
with a 1,100hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C Twin
Wasp. This aircraft was tested at the A&AEE Martlesham
Heath, in March 1939, at the instigation of the
Air Ministry. One 2PA-A and one 2PA-L were procured
by the Soviet Union in March 1938, together with a
manufacturing licence, which, in the event, was not to
be utilised. Twenty R-1820-G2-powered examples
were ordered clandestinely by the Japanese Imperial
Navy for use over China as long-range escort fighters. Designated 2PA-B3, these received an armament of
two fuselage-mounted 7.62mm machine guns and a similar
weapon in the rear cockpit. Assigned the Japanese
designation A8V1, the 2PAs were found to possess unacceptable
levels of manoeuvrability and climb rate for
the escort fighter role and were therefore relegated to
reconnaissance missions in Central China, two later
being passed to the Asahi Shimbun newspaper group.
Fifty-two 2PA-BXs were ordered by Sweden as dive-bombers
(the Seversky company having meanwhile
become the Republic Aviation Corporation), but only
two of these were delivered to Sweden, the remainder
being taken over by the USAAC as AT-12 Guardsman
advanced trainers.
| MODEL | SEV-2PA with R-1830 engine |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 3474 kg | 7659 lb |
| Empty weight | 2078 kg | 4581 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 10.97 m | 36 ft 0 in |
| Length | 8.20 m | 27 ft 11 in |
| Height | 2.99 m | 10 ft 10 in |
| Wing area | 20.44 m2 | 220.01 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 508 km/h | 316 mph |
| Range | 3138 km | 1950 miles |
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| Klaatu83, e-mail, 06.07.2013 16:32 This was basically a two-seat fighter version of the P-35. The single-engine two-seat fighter concept, which had been around since World War I, proved to be tactically obsolete and was finally abandoned during the mid 1930s. Seversky sold these aircraft to Japan in an attempt to recoup some of the loss he had incurred in developing it. Nevertheless, Seversky came in for a great deal of criticism for selling these aircraft to the Japanese. It was one of the reasons why he was later ousted from the directorship of his own company, which was then re-named "Republic".
Early in World War II it was widely believed in the U.S. that these airplanes were being manufactured in Japan, and that they were the basis of the famous Zero fighter, neither of which were actually true. Ironically, in fact, the single-seat fighter version of this aircraft, the P-35A, was used by the Army Air Force in the Philippines, where they were shot to pieces by their Japanese opponents. reply | | Hiroyuki Takeuchi, e-mail, 23.03.2012 11:38 The A8V1 (2PA), after withdrawn from front line, were used as hacks and because of their reliability, were affectionately referred to as "Seba-chan" (Seba being the phonetic abbreviation of Seversky and Chan being the Japanese suffix for names indicating affection, usually used for children and young girls). reply | | napo, 20.06.2011 12:18 what engine did the P-35s sold to the Japanese have in it. was it Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C Twin Wasp reply | | John Lama, 25.06.2008 05:39 I think had a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-45 Twin Wasp radial reply | |
| | Eugenie Buchan, e-mail, 26.05.2007 14:57 what engine did the 2_PAs delivered to the Japanese have in it. was it Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C Twin Wasp or another?
thanks for an answer
Eugenie buchan
102 St john's Hill
London SW11 1SH reply | | Eugenie Buchan, e-mail, 26.05.2007 14:55 what engine did the P-35s sold to the Japanese have in it. was it Pratt & Whitney R-1830-S3C Twin Wasp?
thanks for an answer
Eugenie buchan
102 St john's Hill
London SW11 1SH reply |
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