Yakovlev Yak-36

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name = Yak-36
type = VTOL technology demonstrator
manufacturer = Yakovlev

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caption = Yak-36 at Monino
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 multi-role combat aircraft.

The aircraft had vectored thrust engines, similar to the Harrier.One engine was mounted forward of the cockpit, and one was below the cockpit. The exhaust exited through vectoring nozzles in the center of gravity which were vectorable through about 90º.

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 next development step was the Yak-38 which flew for the first time in 1971 as the Yak-36MP.

Operators

;USSR
*Soviet Air Force

pecifications (Yakovlev Yak-36)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=jet
crew=1
length main=16.75 m
length alt=54 ft 11 in
span main=7.4 m
span alt=24 ft 3 in
height main= 4.4 m
height alt=14 ft 5 in
area main=17 m²
area alt=183 ft²
empty weight main= 8,200 kg
empty weight alt= 18,077 lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main= 11,800 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 26,014 lb
engine (jet)= Tumansky R-28-300 + 2xTumansky RD-36
type of jet= turbofan
number of jets= 3
thrust main= 62 kN
thrust alt= 14,000 lbf
max speed main= 1,150 km/h
max speed alt= 695 mph
range main= 410 km
range alt= 254 miles
ceiling main=12,000 m
ceiling alt=39,400 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight

ee also

aircontent
related=
*Yak-38
similar aircraft=
*Hawker Siddeley Kestrel
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