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Yakovlev Yak-52

The Yakovlev Yak-52 is a Soviet primary trainer aircraft which first flew in 1976. It is still being produced in Romania by Aerostar, which gained manufacturing rights under agreement within the now defunct COMECON socialist trade organisation. The Yak-52 was designed originally as an aerobatic trainer for students in the Soviet DOSAAF training organisation, which trained both civilian sport pilots and military pilots.

Since the early 1990s and the fall of the Soviet Union, many Yak 52s have been exported to the west. Of the approximately 1,800 produced to date, most now fly in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and other western countries.

Design and development

A descendant of the single-seat competition aerobatic Yakovlev Yak-50, the all-metal Yak-52 is powered by a 268 kW (360 hp) Vedeneyev M14P 9-cylinder radial engine.

Since the aircraft was designed to serve as a military trainer, the development of the aircraft incorporates a number of features to be found on the early post-war fighters: to be noted that the cockpit tandem layout (instruments panel, seats design, opening system of the cockpit), tail design, tri-cicle landing gear, fuselage mixed construction (monocoque with steel tube construction), inner flaps, controls position, access panels on sides of the fuselage, even the location of the radio antena and overall dimensions of the airplane, strikingly match with the Yakovlev Yak-17UTI jet fighter trainer (NATO code name "Magnet").

Indeed we can believe the fact that Yakovlev design bureau, at the time of aircraft conception, had in mind a more economical and easier to maintain "Yak-17 UTI piston engine version" for the military.

The aircraft has inverted fuel and oil systems permitting inverted flight for as long as two minutes. The engine drives a two-bladed counter-clockwise rotating, variable pitch, wood and fiberglass laminate propeller.

At 998 kg (2,200 lb) empty weight, the Yak-52 is responsive and very capable as an aerobatic aircraft. Yet it is also easy to fly and land. It has been used in international aerobatic competition up to the Advanced level. It is stressed to +7 and –5 Gs, rolls (to the right) at 180 degrees/second and is capable of every manoeuvre in the Aresti catalog.

The Yak-52, like most Soviet military aircraft, was designed to operate in rugged environments with minimal maintenance. One of its key features, unusual in western aircraft, is its extensive pneumatic system. Engine starting, landing gear, flaps, and wheel brakes are all pneumatically actuated. Spherical storage bottles for air, replenished by an engine driven compressor, are situated behind the rear cockpit and contents displayed on the instrument panels. The operating pressure is between 10 and 50 bars (145 and 725 psi) and an emergency circuit is reserved for lowering the undercarriage if the normal supply is exhausted or the compressor fails. Additionally both main and reserve bottles can be charged from a port on the ground with compressed air, usually from a Scuba type air bottle. The ground steering/braking arrangement, especially, takes some adjustment for flyers accustomed to hydraulics, because the plane uses differential braking controlled by rudder pedals and a hand operated lever on the control stick.

The tricycle landing gear is retractable, but it remains partially exposed in the retracted position, affording both a useful level of drag in down manoeuvres and a measure of protection should the plane be forced to land "wheels up."

A number of "westernised" versions of the Yak-52 are now produced. The replacement of the existing Soviet avionics, fitting of a three-blade propeller and the M14PF 298 kW (400 hp) upgrade to the usual 360 hp M14P engine, and conversion to conventional "tail-dragger" landing gear (Yak-52TD) are some of the modifications made to the standard aircraft. There is also a factory produced Yak-52TW tail-dragger version. The TW has an extra 120 l (32 US gal) of fuel capacity in two extra wing tanks, the M14PF engine designated & three blade propeller, an electric start, and modern instruments.

On April 16, 2004, a modernised variant Yak-52M was flown in Russia. It is fitted with modernised M-14Kh engine, three-blade propeller, and other modifications.

Variants

  • Yak-52 : Two-seat primary trainer aircraft, powered by a 360-hp (268-kW) Vedeneyev M-14P 9-cylinder radial piston engine.
  • Yak-52M : 2003 modernised version, powered by a Vedeneyev M-14Kh radial piston engine. It is fitted with a three-bladed propeller, new avionics and crew escape system.
  • Iak-52 : Romanian designation of Yak-52.
  • Aerostar Condor : Westernised version proposed by Aerostar, powered by Lycoming O-540 engine.
  • Iak-52W : Westernised version produced by Aerostar, powered by M-14P or M-14Kh engine, but with all western instruments installed.
  • Iak-52TW : Westernised version produced by Aerostar, powered by M-14P or M-14Kh engine and tail wheel instead of front wheel. This version has all western instruments, deeply modernised wing that provide complete retraction of main wheels and, also, enlargement of fuel tanks volume up to 280 l.

Military operators

  • Armenia : Armenian Air Force.
  • Belarus : DOSAAF (Belarus).
  • Bulgaria : Bulgarian Air Force.
  • Georgia : Georgian Air Force.
  • Hungary : Hungarian Air Force.
  • Latvia : Latvian Air Force.
  • Lithuania : Lithuanian National Defence Volunteer Forces.
  • Romania : Romanian Air Force.
  • Russia : DOSAAF Russia.
  • Soviet Union : DOSAAF and Soviet Air Force.
  • Turkmenistan : Military of Turkmenistan.
  • Vietnam : Vietnam People's Air Force.

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Yakovlev Yak-52

  • Role : Biplace d'entraînement.
  • Manufacturer : Yakovlev, Aerostar.
  • First flight : 1976.
  • Introduction : 1979.
  • Utilisateurs principaux :
    • Soviet Air Force.
    • DOSAAF.
  • Produit : 1978–1998.
  • Développé depuis : Yakovlev Yak-50.

    • Specifications (Yak 52)

  • Crew: 2.
  • Length: 7.745 m (25 ft 5 in).
  • Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10¼ in).
  • Wingspan: 9.30 m (30 ft 6¼ in).
  • Wing area: 15 m² (161.5 ft²).
  • Empty weight: 1,015 kg (2,238 lb).
  • Max. takeoff weight: 1,305 kg (2,877 lb).
  • Never exceed speed: 360 km/h (194 kts, 223 mph).
  • Maximum speed: 285 km/h (154 kts, 177 mph) at sea level.
  • Cruise speed: 190 km/h (103 kts, 118 mph) econ cruise at 1,000 m (3,280 ft).
  • Stall speed: 85-90 km/h (46-49 kts, 53-56 mph).
  • Range: 550 km (296 nmi, 341 mi).
  • Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,125 ft).
  • Rate of climb: 7.0 m/s (1,378 ft/min).
  • Power/mass: 0.18 hp/lb (300 W/kg).
  • Powerplant: A Vedeneyev M-14P 9-cylinder radial engine.
  • Power: 268 kW (360 hp).

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