Yakovlev Yak-6

Infobox Aircraft
name=Yak-6


caption=
type=Utility
manufacturer=Yakovlev
designer=
first flight=1942
introduced=1942
retired=1950
status=Retired
primary user=Soviet Air Force
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produced=
number built= 381
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The Yakovlev Yak-6 was a Soviet twin engined utility aircraft, developed and built during World War II. It was used as a short range light night bomber and a light transport.

Development

The Yak 6 was designed in the second half of 1941 to serve as an easy to build utility aircraft. It first flew in mid 1942 and was quickly cleared for production. It had a wooden structure, and in the production version had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage. 381 were built cite web |url=http://www.yak.ru/ENG/FIRM/hist3.php |title= Yakovlev Design Bureau |accessdate=2006-12-17 |format= |work= ] .

Operational history

The Yak-6 was used with great effect at the front line both as a transport (where it could carry cargo loads of up to 500 kg), as a light night bomber and supplying partisans. By 1944, most operational units of the VVS had one as a utility aircraft. cite book |author=Donald, David (Editor)
|title=The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
publisher=Aerospace Publishing
year=1997
id= ISBN 1-85605-375-X

Variants

* Yak-6 : Twin-engined light utility transport aircraft.
* NBB : Short-range night bomber aircraft.
* Yak-6M : Improved version of the Yak-6.

Operators

;FRA
*Normandie-Niemen squadron transport plane;USSR
*Soviet Air Force

pecifications (Yak-6)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft [Cite book
author=Gunston, Bill
authorlink =Bill_Gunston
title=The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft from 1875 - 1995
publisher=Osprey Aerospace
year=1995
id= ISBN 1-85532-405-9]

crew=2
capacity=4
length main= 10.35 m
length alt= 33ft 11.5in
span main= 14 m
span alt= 45ft 11.25in
height main= m
height alt= ft in
area main= 29.6 m
area alt= 319ft
airfoil=
empty weight main= 1368 kg
empty weight alt= 3119lb
loaded weight main= 2300 kg
loaded weight alt= 5071lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main= kg
max takeoff weight alt= lb
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engine (jet)=
type of jet=
number of jets=
thrust main= kN
thrust alt= lbf
thrust original=
afterburning thrust main= kN
afterburning thrust alt= lbf
engine (prop)= M11F
type of prop=Radials
number of props= 2
power main= 104 kW
power alt= 140hp
power original=

max speed main= 187 km/h
max speed alt= 116mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= 900 km
range alt= nm, 559mi
ceiling main= 3380 m
ceiling alt= 11090ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= W/kg
power/mass alt= hp/lb
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armament=
* 1 x 7.62 mm mg
* Up to 500 kg (1102 lb) bombs, or 10 RS 82 rockets

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References

External links

* http://www.aviation.ru/Yak/#6

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