Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960)

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Yak-30
Type Trainer
Manufacturer Yakovlev
Maiden flight 1960
Primary user Soviet Air Forces
Number built 4
Variants Yakovlev Yak-32

The Yakovlev Yak-30 (NATO reporting name Magnum) was a military jet trainer aircraft designed for a Warsaw pact multi-purpose trainer aircraft competition.

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[edit] Design and development

[edit] Operational history

[edit] Operators

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[edit] Specifications (Yak-30)

Data from N.Jakubovich "Wings of Motherland. Aviation and politics, or how "Dolphin" destroyed Yak-30"

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2: student and instructor
  • Length: 10.1 m (33 ft)
  • Wingspan: 9.4 m (31 ft)
  • Height: 3.4 m (11.1 ft)
  • Wing area: 14.3 m² (153.7 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 1,554 kg (3,426 lb)
  • Loaded weight: 2,240 kg (4,938 lb)
  • Useful load: 991 kg (2,185 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,545 kg (5,611 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× Tumansky RU19-300 turbofan, 1,070 kgp (2,363 lb; 900kgf)
  • Basic fuel capacity: 500 kg (1,102 lb)
  • Maximum fuel capacity: 805 kg (1,775 lb)
  • Max wing loading: 154 kg/m² (31.6 lb/ft²)
  • Max power loading: 0.41 kg/kgp (0.9 lb/lbp) Performance
  • Maximum endurance: 2.05 hr
  • Take off run: 530 m (1,735 ft)
  • Landing run: 560 m (1,835 ft)
  • Maximum load factor: +7/-5 g

[edit] References

  • Zasipkin, Yuri; Berne, Lev, "Politics chose destiny for a plane". Aviation and Cosmonautics
  • "History of plane development in USSR (1951-1965)"
  • Gunston, Bill; Gordon,Yefim, "Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924". Putnam
  • Simakov, Boris, "Soviet planes. 1917-1970"
  • Jakubovich, Nikolay, "Wings of Motherland. Aviation and politics, or how "Dolphin" destroyed Yak-30"

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