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Development of a V/STOL fighter for the Soviet navy's new 'Kiev' class of aircraft-carriers began during the early 1960s. Intensive studies bore fruit in the shape of a number of Yakovlev Yak-36 "Freehand'"research aircraft, with a bicycle undercarriage under the fuselage augmented by wingtip outriggers. The aircraft is believed to have been powered by a pair of 36.78kN Koliesov engines, each with a rotating nozzle. These gave a tremendous thrust margin, and powerful autostabilisers gave a rock-steady hover, using reaction control 'puffer jets' in the tail, wingtips and at the tip of a long nose-probe. The Yak-36 was not an operational aircraft, although it did lead directly to the Yak-38.
 | A three-view drawing (750 x 700) |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 2 x RD-27-300, 53.0kN |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 8900 kg | 19621 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 10.5 m | 34 ft 5 in |
| Length | 17.0 m | 55 ft 9 in |
| Height | 4.5 m | 14 ft 9 in |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 1010 km/h | 628 mph |
| Ceiling | 12000 m | 39350 ft |
| ARMAMENT | bombs and missiles on 2 hardpoints |
| E. J. Luna, elunagrafica(@)hotmail.com, 31.03.2008 He would be interesting to know with certainty which were the motors
used in the prototypes. they were Tumanskii R-11, R-13 or R-27? My
opinion is that the last one is turbofan and at the time of the Yak-36
they did not exist. |
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