Yakovlev Yak-25

1952

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Yakovlev Yak-25

In the summer of 1951, the NKAP issued a requirement for an all-weather interceptor fighter possessing sufficient internal fuel capacity to mount standing patrols of up to 2.5 hours duration and capable of accommodating a large, new radar. This supplanted an earlier requirement to which the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320 and Lavochkin La-200 had been evolved. The new radar, known as the Sokol (Falcon), had a 80cm diameter dish, three different scan modes and an installed mass weight of almost 500kg. To meet this new requirement, the Lavochkin and Yakovlev OKBs respectively developed the La-200B and Yak-120. The latter, an all-metal stressed-skin tandem two-seater, was powered by a pair of small-diameter Mikulin AM-5A turbojets each rated at 2200kg and hung beneath a wing swept back 45° at quarter chord and mounted in full-mid position. The undercarriage was of zero-track type, with wingtip-housed outrigger stabilisers, and armament comprised two 37mm N-37L cannon with their barrels accommodated in external fairings beneath the fuselage. The first of three Yak-120 prototypes was flown on 19 June 1952, State acceptance testing paralleling construction of a pre-series of 20 aircraft for avionics development and, commencing late 1953, service evaluation. With ballast equivalent in weight to the Sokol radar - which did not attain service status until late 1955 - the Yak-120 had a loaded weight of 9220kg, series production commencing late 1953 as the Yak-25 with RD-9 turbojets each rated at 2630kg. Confusing repetition of the "Yak-25" designation resulted from its initial use as an OKB appellation and subsequent use by the NKAP as an official and sequential designation, the previous Yakovlev service fighter having been the Yak-23. The Yak-25 was assigned primarily to defence sectors in the Far North of the USSR, production being completed in 1958 after the delivery of 480 aircraft and service phase-out taking place in the mid 'sixties.

Yakovlev Yak-25

A tactical reconnaissance derivative with the navigator accommodated in a glazed nose was built in 1953 as the Yak-125, but was not produced in series owing to prior adoption of the IL-28R. Other derivatives of the basic design were the Yak-25L ejection-seat test bed with individual cockpits, and the Yak-25RV long-range high-altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft.

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Yakovlev Yak-25A three-view drawing (1670 x 1257)

Specification 
 WEIGHTS
  Take-off weight10900 kg24031 lb
 DIMENSIONS
  Wingspan11.00 m36 ft 1 in
  Length15.67 m51 ft 5 in
  Height4.32 m14 ft 2 in
  Wing area28.94 m2311.51 sq ft
 PERFORMANCE
  Max. speed1090 km/h677 mph
  Cruise speed820 km/h510 mph
  Ceiling13900 m45600 ft
  Range2730 km1696 miles

Yakovlev Yak-25

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Klaatu83, e-mail, 06.10.2015 18:36

The Yak-25 was the first of a long line of Yak twin-jet combat aircraft developed through the 1950s and 1960s. It was originally intended as a long-range all-weather interceptor, but was later adapted as a photo-reconnaissance platform and even a tactical nuclear bomber. It had to be a fairly large twin-engine aircraft in order to accommodate the bulky radar along with a second crew member to operate it, as well as a sufficient amount of fuel to accomplish the aircraft's mission. Although the Yak-25 was strictly subsonic later developments, such as the Yak-28, were super-sonic.

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A.ARUN, e-mail, 25.11.2012 15:32

this aircraft is the first model given to me.

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Chappy, e-mail, 05.10.2012 21:37

I have a model of this aircraft.It is 1 /72 scale.
Silver plastic and exellent decals.

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