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Yak-36
Yak-36 at Monino
Role	Experimental VSTOL aircraft
National origin	Soviet Union
Manufacturer	Yakovlev
First flight	9 January 1963
Primary user	Soviet Air Force
Number built	12

The Yakovlev Yak-36 (NATO reporting name 'Freehand') was a Soviet technology demonstrator for a VTOL combat aircraft.

Contents 1 Design and development 2 Operators 3 Specifications (Yakovlev Yak-36) 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Design and development

The Yak-36 made its first hover on 9 January 1963, the first transition from vertical take-off to forward flight and back to vertical landing on 16 September 1963.

The aircraft had two vectored thrust engines mounted side-by-side in the forward fuselage. The exhaust exited through vectoring nozzles in the center of gravity which were vectorable through about 90°.

The next development step was the Yak-36M which flew for the first time in 1971.

[edit] Operators

 Soviet Union

• Soviet Air Force

[edit] Specifications (Yakovlev Yak-36)

Data from Air Vectors ,^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: one: pilot
• Length: 17 m (55 ft 9 in)
• Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
• Max takeoff weight: 8,900 kg (19,625 lb)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1,000 km/h (620 mph)
• Service ceiling: 12,000 m (39,350 ft)

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[edit] See also

Related development

• Yakovlev Yak-38
  

Comparable aircraft

• Hawker Siddeley P.1127
  

[edit] References

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