Yakovlev Yak-3 Fighter


Yak-3 hanging in a museum somewhere in Europe.

 

Yakovlev Yak-3 

Designer: Yakovlev Design Bureau

Manufacturer:

State Industries

Role:

Fighter Aircraft

Year Adopted:

1942 - Flight Tested
1943 - Delivered to Air Force

Variants:

-U  Variant with an improved engine and weapons

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete

Armament:

1 x 20mm ShVAK cannon in nose*
2 x 7.62mm machine guns**
6 x RS-82 rockets or 200 kg of bombs

*replaced by 37mm cannon in 1945
**each replaced by 20mm ShVAK cannon in 1945

Engine:

1 x Klimov M-105PF-2, 12 cylinder liquid cooled, inline engine producing 1300 hp, later replaced with,

1 x Klimov M-107A inline engine producing 1650 hp

Crew:

1 (pilot)

Wingspan:

30 feet, 2 inches
(9.2 meters)

Length:

27 feet, 11 inches
(8.5 meters)

Height:

7 feet, 11 inches
(2.4 meters)

Maximum Speed:

403 miles per hour at 16,400 feet altitude
(648 kilometers per hour at 5000 meters altitude)

Take-Off Weight:

5864 lbs (loaded)
2660 kg (loaded)

Ceiling:

35,430 feet
(10,900 meters)

Range:

560 miles
(900 kilometers)

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