Yakovlev Yak-15

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The Yakovlev Yak-15 (originally given the designation Type-2 by US intelligence, and later the NATO reporting name Feather) was an early Soviet jet fighter, and the lightest operational jet fighter ever built. It retained the wings, tail-wheel undercarriage, rear fuselage, and tail unit of the all-metal piston-engined Yak-3U. It was powered by a copy of the German axial-flow Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet engine, designated RD-10. The powerplant was installed in the nose with the exhaust under the wing. In this way, pilots were given an easy introduction to jet engines.

About 280 were built.

Contents 1 Users 2 Specifications (Yak-15) 3 External links 4 Related content

[edit] Users

• Soviet Union.
  • Soviet Air Force.

[edit] Specifications (Yak-15)

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Length: 8.70 m (28 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.27 m (7 ft 6 in)
• Wing area: 14.9 m² (160 ft²)
• Empty weight: 1,852 kg (4,074 lb)
• Loaded weight: 2,742 kg (6,032 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: kg (lb)
• Powerplant: 1× Tumansky RD-10 turbojet, 8.9 kN (2,000 lbf)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 700 km/h (438 mph)
• Range: 510 km (319 miles)
• Service ceiling: 13,350 m (43,788 ft)
• Rate of climb: m/s (ft/min)
• Wing loading: 184 kg/m² (38 lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 0.36

Armament

• Guns: 2× 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 machine guns with 60 rounds each

[edit] External links

• Description page on aviation.ru

[edit] Related content

Related development

• Yakovlev Yak-3
• Yakovlev Yak-17
• Yakovlev Yak-23

 

Designation sequence

• Yak-12 - Yak-13 - Yak-14 - Yak-15 - Yak-16 - Yak-17 - Yak-18

Related lists

• List of fighter aircraft
• List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS