Yakovlev Yak-41
| GENERAL DATA | |||
| Type |
VTOL fighter aircraft
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Other Designation | Yak-141, Freestyle (NATO) |
| Manufacturer(s) | Yakovlev |
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| Prototype first flight | 9 March 1987 |
Status | Cancelled in August 1991 |
| Number built | 2 |
Crew | 1 |
| Variants | |||
| Yak-41 | The two flying prototypes and ground test article. | ||
| Yak-41M | Proposed production aircraft with large LERXs (leading-edge root extensions) and other improvements, particularly in the avionic suite. | ||
| Yak-43 (Izdeliye 201) | A proposed development of the Yak-41M 'Freehand' equipped with Kuznetsov NK-321 engines. | ||
| Yak-141 | Designation originally applied to a single Yak-41 for disinformation and propaganda purposes when registering records with the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) and later for promotional purposes by Yakovlev. | ||
| DIMENSIONS | |||
| Length | 18.36 m |
Empty Weight | 11650 kg |
| Wingspan | 10.105 m |
Loaded Weight | ? kg |
| Height | 5 m |
Max takeoff weight | 19500 kg |
| Wing area | 31.7 m² |
Wing loading | 615.14kg/m² at Max takeoff weight |
| ARMAMENT | |||
| Guns | 1 × 30 mm GSh-30-1 cannon
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Ammunition Carried |
120 |
| Hardpoints | 4 underwing and 1 fuselage hardpoints
with a capacity of 2600 kg of external stores.
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| Missiles | R-73 Archer, R-77 Adder or R-27
Alamo air-to-air missiles |
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| POWERPLANT | |||
| Engine | 1 ×
Soyuz R-79V-300 afterburning vectoring- nozzle turbofan engine
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| Dry thrust | 108 kN |
Thrust with afterburner | 152 kN |
| Thrust/weight | ?
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Fuel Capacity | 4400 kg |
| Secondary Engines | 2 × RKBM RD-41 turbojet engines,
41.7 kN thrust each canted rearwards from vertical |
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| PERFORMANCES | |||
| Maximum Speed | Mach 1.5
(1800 km/h) |
Rate of climb | 250 m/s |
| Range | 2100 km |
Ferry Range | 3000 km |
| Combat Radius | ? km |
Service ceiling | 15,500 m |
(*) interdiction mission on internal fuel, for internal air to air configuration
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