.Specifications
:Yakovlev Yak-1
Type:
Single Seat Fighter / Interceptor
Design:
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakolev
Manufacturer:
State Industries
Powerplant:
One 1,050 hp (783 kw) Klimov M-105PA 12-cylinder Vee liquid cooled
engine derived from the Hispano-Suiza 12Y.
Performance:
Maximum speed 336 mph (540 km/h) at sea level; service ceiling 32,810
ft (10000 m).
Range:
435
miles (700 km) on internal fuel.
Weight:
Empty equipped 5,174 lbs (2347 kg) with a maximum take-off weight
of 6,276 lbs (2847 kg).
Dimensions:
Span 32 ft 9 3/4 in (10.00 m); length 27 ft 9 1/2 in (8.47 m); height
8 ft 8 in (2.64 m); wing area 184.61 sq. ft (17.15 sq. m).
Armament:
One engine mounted 20 mm ShVAK cannon with 140 rounds and one (sometimes
two) 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Beresin UBS machine guns in the fuselage each
with 348 rounds, plus two 110 lbs or 220 lbs (50 or 100 kg) bombs
on underwing racks. Some aircraft had the addition of underwing rails
for six 25 lbs (12 kg) RS-82 rockets.
Variants:
I-26 (initial designation of the two prototypes), Yak-1 (initial production),
Yak-1B (official modification of a field canopy modification), Yak-1M
(structural changes and the change to a 1,260 hp (940 kW) M-105PF
engine), I-28 (three experimental aircraft), I-30 (two prototypes),
I-33 (small numbers built with the 1,350 hp (1007 kW) M-106 engine).
Operators:
Soviet Union.
Yakovlev
Alexander Sergeevich
1906-1989
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