Yakovlev Yak-54
| Yak-54 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Two-seat aerobatic monoplane |
| National origin | Russia |
| Manufacturer | Yakolev Aircraft Corporation |
| First flight | 24 December 1993 |
| Developed from | Yakovlev Yak-55 |
The Yakovlev Yak-54 is a 1990s Russian aerobatic and sports competition aircraft designed by the Yakovlev Aircraft Corporation.
Design and development
Part of a new generation of acrobatic aircraft from the Yakovlev design bureau which has a long line of aircraft designs since 1937 with the UT-2/AIR-10, the Yak-54 is a development of the single-seat Yak-55M, designed by Chief Constructor Dmitry Drach and Lead Engineer Vladimir Popov.[1] It first flew 23 December 1993.
It was produced by Saratov Aviation Facility in cooperation with JSV "Gorky U-2" up to 2005, when the production moved to the Arsenyev Aviation Company "Progress" facility in Arsenyev.
Specifications (Yak-54)
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger (not carried for competitions)
- Length: 6.91 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 8.15 m (26 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 12.890 m2 (138.75 sq ft)
- Max takeoff weight: 990 kg (2,183 lb) two-seat (850 kg (1874 lb) for single seat operation)
- Powerplant: 1 × AOOT M-14P radial piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp)
- Propellers: 3-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 450 km/h; 280 mph (243 kn)
- Stall speed: 111 km/h; 69 mph (60 kn)
- Ferry range: 700 km; 435 mi (378 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,125 ft)
- g limits: +9, -7
- Roll rate: 345 degrees a second
- Rate of climb: 15.01 m/s (2,955 ft/min)
See also
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Related development
References
Notes
- ↑ Яковлев Як-54 (in Russian). Retrieved 2007-11-26.
- ↑ Taylor 1996, p. 510
Bibliography
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1996). Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory. London, England: Brassey's. ISBN 1-85753-198-1.
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