Yakovlev Yak 10

Design and development

In the late 1940s the Soviet forces had a need for a light liaison aircraft that was smaller than the Antonov An-2. The company derived two four-seat aircraft with wooden wings and metal fuselages, from the earlier AIR-6. The Yak-10, a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with fixed landing gear and the Yak-13 a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a manually retractable landing gear. Both aircraft were powered by a 145 hp M-11MF radial engine. After tests in 1945, the Yak-10 was awarded a production contract for 40 aircraft, despite unimpressive performance. The company built a number of different variants but soon produced an improved design, the Yak-12, which, although of similar layout, was not a derivative of the Yak-10.

The Yak-10 only entered limited production before it was replaced by the superior Yakovlev Yak-12, and although the Yak-13 proved to be superior to the original Yak-10, production was not carried out.

Variants

Yak-10

Strut-braced high-wing monoplane powered by a Shvetsov M-11MF radial engine.

Yak-10G

Floatplane variant with twin floats.

Yak-10S

Ambulance variant with room for one stretcher.

Yak-10V

Dual control.

Yak-13

Low-wing monoplane derivative, using an almost identical fuselage and Shvetsov M-11MF engine installation, with a cantilevered wooden low wing for direct comparison with the Yak-10. One built.

Specifications (Yak-10)

Data from The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: three passengers

Length: 8.45 m (27 ft 8⅝ in)

Wingspan: 12.0 m (39 ft 4½ in)

Wing area: 22.0 m² (237 ft²)

Empty weight: 820 kg (1,808 lb)

Gross weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)

Powerplant: 1 × Shvetsov M-11FR radial engine, 119 kW (160 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 206 km/h (128 mph)

Range: 605 km (376 miles)

Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,480 ft)

Rate of climb: 3.0 m/s (600 ft/min)