Yakovlev Yak-6
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| Yak-6 | |
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| Type | Utility |
| Manufacturer | Yakovlev |
| Maiden flight | 1942 |
| Introduced | 1942 |
| Retired | 1950 |
| Status | Retired |
| Primary user | Soviet Air Force |
| Number built | 381 |
The Yakovlev Yak-6 was a Soviet twin engined utility aircraft, developed and built during World War II. It was used as a short range light night bomber and a light transport.
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[edit] Development
The Yak 6 was designed in the second half of 1941 to serve as an easy to build utility aircraft. It first flew in mid 1942 and was quickly cleared for production. It had a wooden structure, and in the production version had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. 381 were built [1].
[edit] Operational history
The Yak-6 was used with great effect at the front line both as a transport (where it could carry cargo loads of up to 500 kg), as a light night bomber and supplying partisans. By 1944, most operational units of the VVS had one as a utility aircraft. [2]
[edit] Variants
- Yak-6 : Twin-engined light utility transport aircraft.
- NBB : Short-range night bomber aircraft.
- Yak-6M : Improved version of the Yak-6.
[edit] Operators
- Normandie-Niemen squadron transport plane
[edit] Specifications (Yak-6)
Data from Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 4
- Length: 10.35 m (33ft 11.5in)
- Wingspan: 14 m (45ft 11.25in)
- Height: m (ft in)
- Wing area: 29.6 m (319ft)
- Empty weight: 1368 kg (3119lb)
- Loaded weight: 2300 kg (5071lb)
- Useful load: kg (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: kg (lb)
- Powerplant: 2× M11F Radials, 104 kW (140hp) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Maximum speed: 187 km/h (116mph)
- Cruise speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (knots, mph)
- Range: 900 km (nm, 559mi)
- Service ceiling 3380 m (11090ft)
- Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: W/kg (hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 x 7.62 mm mg
- Up to 500 kg (1102 lb) bombs, or 10 RS 82 rockets
[edit] References
- ^ Yakovlev Design Bureau. Retrieved on 2006-12-17.
- ^ Donald, David (Editor) (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Aerospace Publishing. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
- ^ Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft from 1875 - 1995. Osprey Aerospace. ISBN 1-85532-405-9.
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[edit] See also
Related development Yak-8
Comparable aircraft Po-2
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