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| The SEV-2XP (the designation indicating 2-seat experimental
Pursuit) designed by Alexander Kartveli
was a derivative of the first product of the Seversky Aircraft
Corporation, the commercial SEV-3 three-seat
monoplane. An all-metal semi-monocoque aircraft with
a fixed spatted undercarriage, the SEV-2XP was flown
in the spring of 1935 with the unsatisfactory Wright
R-1670 14-cylinder radial offering 735hp for take-off,
provision being made for an armament of two synchronised
machine guns, one of 7.62mm and
the other of 12.7mm, and one 7.62mm gun
on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit. In May 1935, the
USAAC Material Division initiated a contest for a new
single-seat fighter. Maj Alexander P de Seversky,
believing the SEV-2XP capable of out-performing any
single-seat fighter, entered this aircraft as a contender.
In the event, the SEV-2XP was damaged in an accident
on 18 June while en route to the contest. It was therefore
returned to the manufacturer and reworked as the
single-seat SEV-1XP.
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2404 kg | 5300 lb |
| Empty weight | 1633 kg | 3600 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 10.97 m | 36 ft 0 in |
| Length | 7.49 m | 25 ft 7 in |
| Height | 2.62 m | 9 ft 7 in |
| Wing area | 20.44 m2 | 220.01 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 441 km/h | 274 mph |
| Range | 1529 km | 950 miles |
| Klaatu83, e-mail, 17.03.2011 22:51 Seversky produced this aircraft to satisfy an Army Air Corps requirement for a high-performance, two-seat fighter. There was nothing particularly wrong with it, apart from the fact that the Air Corps had the good sense to abandon the two-seat fighter concept. Undeterred, Seversky re-worked the plane into a single-seat fighter, and was awarded a production contract for it under the designation P-35. reply |
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