An odd-looking little plane with twin engines and twin booms, in appearance anticipating the P-38 Lightning of World War Two.
from the April, 1935 Aero Digest:
• President: F. B. Searle. Vice-president and Chief Engineer: Thomas M. Shelton.
Four- or six-place low-wing monoplane.
Two Menasco engines, 150 h.p. at 2260 r.p.m. at 3000 ft.
Span 36 ft.
Length overall 21 ft. 8 in.
Height overall 7 ft. 3 in.
Wing area 206 sq. ft.
Power loading 9.6 lbs./h.p.
Wing loading 14.5 lbs./sq. ft.
Empty weight, 2000 pounds.
Useful load 1000 pounds.
Gross weight 3000 pounds.
Fuel capacity 50 gallons.
Maximum speed 233 miles per hour.
Cruising speed 210 miles per hour.
Landing speed 55 miles per hour.
Service ceiling 24,000 feet.
Rate of climb 1760 feet per minute.
Cruising range 600 miles.
Fuselage: all-metal flush-type riveted of skin stressed 17 ST duralumin; semi-monocoque construction; streamlined center nacelle faired into wing; entrance door on right side has opening which extends part way up around the top of the fuselage. Wing: all-metal; cantilever type; center section skin stressed 17 ST duralumin construction; two outer wing sections are detachable and of all-metal skin type 17 ST duralumin construction, fabric covered; ailerons are mass-balanced; trailing edge flaps are manually operated and are of fabric covered 17 ST duralumin construction extending from the cabin nacelle to the inner end of the ailerons. Tail group: fabric covered; 17 ST duralumin construction, mass balanced; carried on two rigid, tapered elliptical booms of all-metal semi-monocoque construction which fair into the wing behind each engine nacelle, affording a well for the retracted wheels; twin fins and rudders; single stabilizer and elevator extending between rudders. Landing gear retracts into rear of engine nacelle; hydraulically-operated; equipped with semi-balloon tires, hydraulic brakes, hydraulic shock absorbers.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard variable-pitch or Briner controlÂlable-pitch metal propellers. Also see data in March, 1935, AERO DIGEST.