Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960)

infobox Aircraft
name = Yak-30
type = Trainer
manufacturer = Yakovlev

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first flight = 1960
primary user = Soviet Air Forces
number built = 4
variants with their own articles = Yakovlev Yak-32The Yakovlev Yak-30 (NATO reporting name Magnum) was a military jet trainer aircraft designed for a Warsaw pact multi-purpose trainer aircraft competition.

Design and development

Operational history

Operators

;USSR
*Soviet Air Force

pecifications (Yak-30)

aircraft specifications

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crew= 2: student and instructor
length main= 10.1 m
length alt= 33 ft
span main= 9.4 m
span alt= 31 ft
height main= 3.4 m
height alt= 11.1 ft
area main= 14.3 m²
area alt= 153.7 ft²
empty weight main= 1,554 kg
empty weight alt= 3,426 lb
loaded weight main= 2,240 kg
loaded weight alt= 4,938 lb
useful load main= 991 kg
useful load alt= 2,185 lb
max takeoff weight main= 2,545 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 5,611 lb
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Basic fuel capacity: 500 kg (1,102 lb)

Maximum fuel capacity: 805 kg (1,775 lb)

Max wing loading: 154 kg/m² (31.6 lb/ft²)

Max power loading: 0.41 kg/kgp (0.9 lb/lbp)

engine (jet)= Tumansky RU19-300
type of jet= turbofan
number of jets= 1
thrust main= 1,070 kgp
thrust alt= 2,363 lb; 900kgf
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max speed main= 624 km/h
max speed alt= 337 mph
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range main= 1,095 km
range alt= 590 miles
ceiling main= 13,100 m
ceiling alt= 42,900 ft
climb rate main= 18 m/s
climb rate alt= 3,541 ft/min
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Maximum endurance: 2.05 hr

Take off run: 530 m (1,735 ft)

Landing run: 560 m (1,835 ft)

Maximum load factor: +7/-5 "g"

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References

* Zasipkin, Yuri; Berne, Lev, "Politics chose destiny for a plane". Aviation and Cosmonautics
* "History of plane development in USSR (1951-1965)"
* Gunston, Bill; Gordon,Yefim, "Yakovlev Aircraft since 1924". Putnam
* Simakov, Boris, "Soviet planes. 1917-1970"
* Jakubovich, Nikolay, "Wings of Motherland. Aviation and politics, or how "Dolphin" destroyed Yak-30"

External links

* [http://www.aero-concept.com/fiches/30.html Aero-concept.com]
* [http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/yak-30t.html Ctrl-c.liu.se]
* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other/yak30.html Airwar.ru (RU)]

ee also

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*Yakovlev Yak-32

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*Aero L-29 Delfin
*PZL TS-11 Iskra

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