Yakovlev Yak-15

infobox Aircraft
name = Yak-15
type = Fighter
manufacturer = Yakovlev

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caption = Yak-15 with RD-10 engine
first flight = 24 april 1946
introduction = 1947
retired = Early 1950s
primary user = Soviet Air Force
produced = 1946 – 1947
number built = 280
developed from = Yakovlev Yak-3The Yakovlev Yak-15 (originally given the designation Type-2 by US intelligence, and later the NATO reporting name Feather) was an early Soviet jet fighter, and the lightest operational jet fighter ever built. It retained the wings, tail-wheel undercarriage, rear fuselage, and tail unit of the all-metal piston-engined Yak-3U. It was powered by a copy of the German axial-flow Junkers Jumo 004B turbojet engine, designated RD-10. The powerplant was installed in the nose with the exhaust under the wing. In this way, pilots were given an easy introduction to jet engines.

About 280 were built.

Variants

* Yak-15 : Single-seat jet fighter aircraft.
* Yak-21 : Two-seat training aircraft.
* Yak-15U : Experimental version fitted with a tricycle landing gear.

Users

;USSR.
*Soviet Air Force.

pecifications (Yak-15)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=jet
crew=one, pilot
length main=8.70 m
length alt=28 ft 6 in
span main=9.20 m
span alt=30 ft 2 in
height main=2.27 m
height alt=7 ft 6 in
area main=14.9 m²
area alt=160 ft²
empty weight main=1,852 kg
empty weight alt=4,074 lb
loaded weight main=2,742 kg
loaded weight alt=6,032 lb
max takeoff weight main= kg
max takeoff weight alt= lb

engine (jet)=Tumansky RD-10
type of jet=turbojet
number of jets=1
thrust main=8.9 kN
thrust alt=2,000 lbf

max speed main=700 km/h
max speed alt=438 mph
range main=510 km
range alt=319 miles
ceiling main=13,350 m
ceiling alt=43,788 ft
climb rate main= m/s
climb rate alt= ft/min
loading main=184 kg/m²
loading alt=38 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=0.36

armament=
* Guns: 2× 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 cannons with 60 rounds each

External links

* [http://www.aviation.ru/Yak/#15 Description page on aviation.ru]

ee also

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related=
* Yakovlev Yak-3
* Yakovlev Yak-17
* Yakovlev Yak-23

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lists=
* List of fighter aircraft
* List of military aircraft of the Soviet Union and the CIS

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