Yak-33
Role VTOL fighter/bomber/reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Yakovlev
Status Project only

The Yakovlev Yak-33 was a vertical takeoff and landing supersonic multi-purpose aircraft family, studied in the early 1960s, with variants of a basic design used to fulfill different roles, in a similar fashion to the Yak-25, Yak-27, Yak-28 family.[1]

Several configurations were studied including canard and tailless deltas, however matching supersonic performance with VTOL ability seriously compromised the design's ability to carry out its primary missions.[1]

Specifications (Yak-33 estimated)

Data from OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft,[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 27 m (88 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • Gross weight: 32,000 kg (70,548 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 40,000 kg (88,185 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Kolesov RD-36-41 vectored thrust afterburning turbojets, 68.67 kN (15,440 lbf) thrust each dry, 156.96 kN (35,290 lbf) with afterburner
  • Powerplant: 6 or 8 × lift engines turbojets, 29.43 kN (6,620 lbf) thrust each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: Mach 3
  • Cruise speed: M2M2
  • Range: 4,000 km (2,500 mi, 2,200 nmi)

Armament

  • Bombs: Tactical nuclear weapons or conventional bombs

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gordon, Yefim (2005). OKB Yakovlev: A History of the Design Bureau and its Aircraft. Hinkley: Midland. pp. 231–232.

Further reading

  • Gordon, Yefim; Gunston, Bill (1997). Yakovlev aircraft since 1924 (1st ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0851778720.


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