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Yakovlev Yak 33

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Wingspan
  
11 m

Manufacturer
  
Yakovlev

Length
  
27 m

The Yakovlev Yak-33 was a vertical takeoff and landing supersonic multi-purpose aircraft family, studied in the early 1960s, with variants of a basic design used to fulfill different roles, in a similar fashion to the Yak-25, Yak-27, Yak-28 family.

Several configurations were studied including canard and tailless deltas, however matching supersonic performance with VTOL ability seriously compromised the design's ability to carry out its primary missions.

Specifications (as designed)

General characteristics

  • Crew: two
  • Length: approx. 27 m ()
  • Wingspan: approx. 11 m ()
  • Height: ()
  • Powerplant: 2 × Kolesov RD-36-41 afterburning vectoring thrust turbojets, 7,000 kgf dry, 16,000 kgf wet + 6 to 8 lift engines (3,000 kgf) (15,432 lbf, 35,274 lbf (6,614 lbf)) each
  • Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 3
  • Cruise speed: Mach 2
  • References

    Yakovlev Yak-33 Wikipedia