Specifications
(Yakovlev Yak-9D)
Type:
Single Seat Fighter
Design:
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakolev
Manufacturer:
State Industries
Powerplant:
One 1,260 hp (940 kw) Klimov M-105PF 12-cylinder Vee liquid cooled engine.
Performance:
Maximum speed 372 mph (600 km/h) at 11,482 ft (3500 m); service ceiling
32,894 ft (10000 m).
Range:
825
miles (1330 km) on internal fuel.
Weight:
Empty
6,108 lbs (2770 kg) with a maximum take-off weight of 6,792 lbs (3080
kg).
Dimensions:
Span 32 ft 10 in (10.00 m); length 24 ft 11 in (8.50 m); height 9 ft 10
in (3.00 m); wing area 188.3 sq. ft (17.50 sq. m).
Armament:
One 20 mm ShVAK cannon with 100 rounds and two 12.7 mm (0.50 in) UBS machine
guns with 250 rounds each plus two 220 lbs (100 kg) bombs.
Variants:
Yak-9D, Yak-9M (one additional machine gun), Yak-9B (capable of carrying
883 lbs (400 kg) of bombs), Yak-9T (one 37 mm Nudelmann-Suranov cannon
for anti-tank operations), Yak-9K (45 mm cannon), Yak-9DD (increased range),
Yak-9MPVO, Yak-9U (one Klimov 1,650 hp (1230 kW) M-107A and a redesigned
airframe), Yak-9UT, Yak-9UV, Yak-9R, Yak-9PD, Yak-9P (late and post war
production).
Operators:
Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Poland, Yugoslavia, Free French Forces.
