Yakovlev Yak-43
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Development canceled in 1991 |
The Yakovlev Yak-43 ( Russian Яковлев Як-43 ) was a design for a Soviet supersonic-capable VTOL - combat aircraft .
history
The Jakowlew Jak-43 was designed as a land-based version of the Jak-141 . The Jak-43 would have been the third generation VTOL / STOL fighter aircraft to replace the Jak-141 if it had been mass-produced. The Jak-141 was not produced in series. Because of this and the difficult economic situation in Russia, the project was stopped.
The successor project of the Jak-43 was the Jak-201 project .
construction
Like the Jak-141, the Jak-43 would have had a single main engine and two vertical lift engines. The main engine is based on the three-shaft Samara NK-321 turbofan with a take-off power of 24,980 kg. The same engines are used for the Tupolev Tu-160 . The shape and the use of plastic components should reduce the radar reflecting area .
See also
literature
- Bill Gunston: Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924. Aeronautical Books, Putnam, London 1997. ISBN 1-55750-978-6 .
- Jefim Gordon, Dmitri Komissarow, Sergei Komissarow: OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and Its Aircraft. ISBN 978-1-85780-203-0 .
Web links
- John Hayles: Yakovlev Yak-41 'Freestyle . Aeroflight , March 28, 2005. Retrieved July 3, 2008.