Yakovlev Yak-43

Yak-43

Role	VSTOL Fighter
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Yakovlev
Status	Project only
Number built	None

The Yakovlev Yak-43 was a Soviet VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) fighter designed as a successor to the ill-fated Yakovlev Yak-141M, which failed to reach production. Like the Yak-141M, the Yak-43 was also not produced.^[1] The Yak-43 was to have been the third generation VTOL/STOL fighter, to follow and eventually replace the Yak-141M.^[1]

Design and development

Like the Yak-141 the Yak-43 would have had only a single main engine, as well as two dedicated vertical-lift engines. The main engine would have been based on the Samara NK-321 three shaft augmented turbofan with a takeoff rating of 24,980 kg (55,077 lb). This same engine is used to power the Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack bomber. The engine would have had a large air bleed leading to an auxiliary combustion chamber located in the nose, though separate lift jet would have been retained.^[1]

References

Notes

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gunston, 1997

Bibliography

Gunston, Bill. Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924. London, UK: Putnam Aeronautical Books, 1997. ISBN 1-55750-978-6.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Yakovlev Yak-43.

Hayles, John. "Yakovlev Yak-41 'Freestyle'". Aeroflight, 28 March 2005. Retrieved: 3 July 2008.

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Yakovlev Yak-43

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