Yakovlev Yak-3
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Other Designation(s) | - |
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| Type | Fighter |
Crew | 1 |
| Manufacturer(s) | A.S. Yakovlev
Design Bureau: Plant No.292 (Saratov), Plant No.31 (Tbilisi) |
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| Production | 4848 (March
1944 – August 1946) |
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| First Flight | 28 February 1943 (Yak-1M) |
Introduction | June 1944 |
| Variants | |||
| Yak-3 | Main production model. | ||
| Yak-3K | Anti-tank version | ||
| Yak-3M | Version built since the 1990s with an Allison V-1710 engine. | ||
| La-7TK | One aircraft used to evaluate the TK-3 turbosupercharger in July 1944 in the hopes of improving high-altitude performance. | ||
| Yak-3D or RD | Version with a Gloushko RD-1 booster rocket in the tail of the aircraft. | ||
| Yak-3P | Reinforced version of 3 x 20 mm B20 cannon and 2 x UBS 12.7 mm machine guns | ||
| Yak-3PD | High-Altitude version | ||
| Yak-3T | Anti-tank version with 20 mm or 37 mm gun, one tested with a 57 mm gun | ||
| Yak-3TK | Version with Vk107 engine and compressor. | ||
| Yak-3U | All-metal version and ASh-82FN engine | ||
| Yak-3UA | Yak-3U produced after 1991 in Orenburg (RUS) with a Pratt & Whitney radial engine. | ||
| Yak-3UTI | Yak-3U modified in two-seater trainer, with a Shvetsov ASh-21 engine. It became the prototype of the Yak-11. | ||
| Yak-3/Vk107A | Vk107 engine, one hundred copies | ||
| Yak-3/Vk108 | Vk108 engine, maximum speed 745 km/h | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 8.5 m |
Empty Weight | 2346 kg |
| Wingspan | 9.2 m |
Loaded Weight | 2550 kg |
| Height | 2.38 m |
Max takeoff weight | 2697 kg |
| Wing area | 14.85m² |
Wing Loading | 181.279 kg/m² |
| ARMAMENT | ||||
| Main Guns | Engine mounted* |
1 × 20 mm (0.8 in) ShVAK cannon |
Ammunition Carried | 1 x 150 |
| Secondary Guns | Nose ** |
2 x 12.7 mm Berezin UBS MG |
Ammunition Carried | 2 x 170 |
| Other Armament | - |
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(*) firing through propelle hub, (**) synchronized in the upper nose fuselage
| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 × Klimov VK-105PF2 |
Type & Displacement | V-12 liquid-cooled, 35.101 L |
| Horsepower (maximum) | 1290
hp |
Power/Weight Ratio | 505.88 hp / ton * |
| Fuel Capacity | 408 L
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(*) with loaded weight
| mPERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | 646 km/h at 4100 m |
Cruise Speed | ? km/h |
| Stall Speed (takeoff/landing) * | ? km/h |
Service Ceiling | 10400 m |
| Rate of Climb | 21.66 m/s |
Range | 550 km (Combat), 815 km |
(*) vitesse de décrochage (décollage/atterrissage)
| Sources | |||
| Wikipédia | aviationsmilitaires.com | ||
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