Yak-10 | |
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Role | Utility aircraft |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Yakovlev |
First flight | 1944 [1] |
Number built | 40+ |
Developed from | Yakovlev AIR-6 |
The Yakovlev Yak-10 ( Russian: Яковлев Як-10) was a Soviet light liaison aircraft designed and built by the Yakovlev design bureau in the 1940s. [1] [2]
In the late 1940s the Soviet forces had a need for a light liaison aircraft that was smaller than the Antonov An-2. [2] The company derived two four-seat aircraft with wooden wings and metal fuselages, from the earlier AIR-6. [1] The Yak-10, a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with fixed landing gear and the Yak-13 a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a manually retractable landing gear. [2] Both aircraft were powered by a 145 hp M-11MF radial engine. [2] After tests in 1945, the Yak-10 was awarded a production contract for 40 aircraft, despite unimpressive performance. [2] The company built a number of different variants but soon produced an improved design, the Yak-12, which, although of similar layout, was not a derivative of the Yak-10. [2]
The Yak-10 only entered limited production before it was replaced by the superior Yakovlev Yak-12, and although the Yak-13 proved to be superior to the original Yak-10, production was not carried out. [1] [2]
Data from [1]The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995
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Yak-10 | |
---|---|
Role | Utility aircraft |
National origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Yakovlev |
First flight | 1944 [1] |
Number built | 40+ |
Developed from | Yakovlev AIR-6 |
The Yakovlev Yak-10 ( Russian: Яковлев Як-10) was a Soviet light liaison aircraft designed and built by the Yakovlev design bureau in the 1940s. [1] [2]
In the late 1940s the Soviet forces had a need for a light liaison aircraft that was smaller than the Antonov An-2. [2] The company derived two four-seat aircraft with wooden wings and metal fuselages, from the earlier AIR-6. [1] The Yak-10, a high-wing strut-braced monoplane with fixed landing gear and the Yak-13 a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a manually retractable landing gear. [2] Both aircraft were powered by a 145 hp M-11MF radial engine. [2] After tests in 1945, the Yak-10 was awarded a production contract for 40 aircraft, despite unimpressive performance. [2] The company built a number of different variants but soon produced an improved design, the Yak-12, which, although of similar layout, was not a derivative of the Yak-10. [2]
The Yak-10 only entered limited production before it was replaced by the superior Yakovlev Yak-12, and although the Yak-13 proved to be superior to the original Yak-10, production was not carried out. [1] [2]
Data from [1]The Osprey Encyclopaedia of Russian Aircraft 1875 – 1995
General characteristics
Performance
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era