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.
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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
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Fighters: Yak-1 · Yak-3 · Yak-7 · Yak-9 · Yak-15 · Yak-17 · Yak-23 · Yak-25 (II) · Yak-28 · Yak-38
Bombers: Yak-2 · Yak-4 · Yak-28 - Reconnaissance: Yak-25 · Yak-27 · Pchela
Transports: Yak-6 · Yak-8 · Yak-10 · Yak-12 · Yak-14 · Yak-40 · Yak-42 · Yak-112 - Helicopters: Yak-24
Trainers: UT-1 · UT-2 · Yak-7 · Yak-11 · Yak-17 · Yak-18 · Yak-28 · Yak-30 (II) · Yak-32 · Yak-50 (II) · Yak-52 · Yak-54 · Yak-55 · Yak-130
Experimental: Yak-5 · Yak-13 · Yak-19 · Yak-25 (I) · Yak-26 · Yak-30 (I) · Yak-36 · Yak-41 · Yak-43 · Yak-44 · Yak-46 · Yak-50 (I)
