Yakovlev Yak-19
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Yak-19 | |
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Type | Fighter aircraft |
Manufacturer | Yakovlev |
Maiden flight | 1947 |
Status | Prototype |
Primary user | Soviet Air Force |
Number built | 2 |
Variants | Yakovlev Yak-23 |
The Yakovlev Yak-19 was a Soviet fighter aircraft that first flew in the 1940s. It was Yakovlev's first plane made completely from metal. Only two planes were built. The aircraft was known to US intelligence as Type-7.
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[edit] Design and development
While pedecessors Yak-15 and Yak-17 had been based on piston engine fighters like the Yak-3, the Yak-19 was a complete new development. Its engine was the RD-10F turbojet, the world's first jet engine with afterburner, developed at TsAGI. First prototype Yak-19-I started early 1947 with test pilot Sergej Anochin. Second prototype had a changed dihedral of the horizontal stabiliser and added tip tanks. The wings of the Yak-19 were used for developing wings for the Yak-23.
[edit] Operational history
The plane was first seen by the public on 3 August 1947 Soviet Aviation Day, at Tushino airfield. Testing ended in 1947. No production was started as other types with better performance were available by then.
[edit] Variants
- Yak-19-I
- First prototype.
- Yak-19-II
- Second prototype with some improvements.
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[edit] Specifications (Yak-19)
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 8.36 m (27 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 13.56 m² (145.96 ft²)
- Empty weight: 2,192 kg (4,832 lb)
- Loaded weight: 3,050 kg (6,724 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Klimov RD-10F turbojet, 10.7 kN (2,405 lbf)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 907 km/h at 5,250 m, 875 km/h at sea level (490 knots, 563 mph at 17,225 ft; 472 knots, 543 mph at sea level)
- Range: 550 km (340 miles)
- Ferry range: 895 km with drop tanks (555 miles)
- Service ceiling 12,100 m (39,700 ft)
- Rate of climb: 20.8 m/s (4,094 ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Armament
- 2x Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannon, 150 rounds each
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