Seversky XP-41

XP-41
General information
Type	Fighter
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Seversky Aircraft
Status	Cancelled
Number built	1
History
First flight	March 1939
Developed from	Seversky P-35

The Seversky XP-41 was a fighter aircraft built in the United States in 1939. A single prototype was modified from the last production Seversky P-35 by adding a new streamlined canopy, a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-19 engine with a two-speed supercharger, and revised landing gear. The XP-41 first flew in March 1939. The aircraft was developed in parallel with the P-43 Lancer, and work was stopped when the USAAC showed a preference for the latter.

Specifications (XP-41)

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General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 27 ft 0 in (8.2 m)
• Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (11.0 m)
• Height: 12 ft 6 in (3.8 m)
• Wing area: 219.5 sq ft (20.4 m²)
• Empty weight: 5,390 lb (2,450 kg)
• Gross weight: 6,600 lb (3,000 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 7,200 lb (3,273 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1830-19 radial engine with a two-speed supercharger, 1,200 hp (895 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 323 mph (517 km/h, 281 kn)
• Cruise speed: 292 mph (470 km/h, 254 kn)
• Range: 730 mi (1,168 km, 630 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 31,500 ft (9,600 m)
• Wing loading: 30.1 lb/sq ft (147.1 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (0.30 kW/kg)

Armament

• Guns: 1 × 0.50 in machine gun and 1 × 0.30 in machine gun

See also

Related development

• Republic P-43 Lancer
• Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
• Seversky P-35

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft
• List of military aircraft of the United States

References

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Seversky XP-41.

• Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. "The End of the Beginning...The Seversky P-35". Air Enthusiast, No. 10, July–September 1979, pp. 8–21. ISSN 0143-5450