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Last update:
06/15/2008
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Yakovlev Yak-3 |
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Scale 1:33 |
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Author: Lukasz Fuczek |
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Personal plane of the Hero of the
Soviet Union
Saveliy Vasilievich Nosov
150 GIAP, end of 1944
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Discontinued |
Model # 048 |
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Technical data: |
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Length |
8.5 m |
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Span |
9.2 m |
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Engine |
1 x Klimov VK-105PF-2 liquid
cooled, 1,290hp |
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Max Speed |
646 km/h |
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Armament |
1 x 20mm ShVAK cannon, 2 x 12.7mm
Berezin UBS machine guns |
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Crew |
1 |
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In 1943, Yakovlev
designed Yak-1M as a smaller and lighter version of his Yak-1 fighter.
Second prototype was completed with plywood covering of rear fuselage,
mastless radio antenna, reflector gunsight and improved armor and engine
cooling. test pilot was so impressed with the new aircraft that he
recommended its immediate production. The newest Yakovlev fighter
entered service in 1944 as a Yak-3. It proved to be agile dogfighter and
forgiving and easy to handle aircraft loved by all the pilots. At
altitudes below 5,000m, Yak-3 proved to be superior to all Luftwaffe
fighters. Plane also had drawbacks...short range, tendency to glued-on
plywood covering the wings to tear off under high-G loads and
reliability of early model engine.
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Beta-build model built and photographed by the author. |
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