Yakovlev Yak-18

The Yakovlev Yak -18 (Russian Яковлев Як -18) is a Soviet two-seat training aircraft.

History

In 1943 tests were conducted with a modified UT -2 ( UT- 2MW ), the successor should be the Yak- 18, carried out. In contrast to the UT -2, the Yak- 18 had a retractable landing gear and flaps. The UT -2L (also yes- 19) was 1945/46, tested and can be viewed as output pattern of the Yak- 18. The state flight testing was completed in 1947 and shortly thereafter the series production of the still equipped with a spur wheel chassis first execution began.

The Yak- 18 versions were given the NATO reporting name of " Max".

Versions

  • Yak- 18 - First production version of the 1947 with a 160 -hp M- 11FR radial engine. Series production from 1947 to 1953 in the state Kharkov aircraft factory.
  • Yak- 18U - Second production version, from 1954/55 built in series. She had a tricycle landing gear and a lengthened fuselage. From the Yak- 18 and Yak- 18U 5680 pieces were manufactured.
  • Yak- 18A (also Jak -20) - As of 1957, the Yak- 18A was tested. She was the first version with the 260 hp Ivchenko AI - 14R radial engine and adjusting air screw ( W 530 series). By the end of production 1967 950 copies were produced.
  • Yak- 18P - With the Yak- 18P is a fully aerobatic capable single-seat coach was beginning.
  • Jak -18pm - The Jak -18pm was a largely revised single-seat aerobatic version. The cockpit was moved back and reduces the dihedral of the wings. It belonged in the 1950s and 1960s, the most popular aircraft for aerobatics. When the engine 300 hp starting power donating AI - 14RF was used.
  • Yak- 18PS - The cell corresponds largely to the Jak -18pm, but was equipped with a tailwheel. The main landing gear was retractable.
  • Yak- 18T - The cab of the Yak- 18T has been completely redesigned. In it, the pilot and a passenger were sitting next to each other and two other passengers in the back seat. It was first presented at the Aérosalon in Le Bourget in 1967. The four-seat Yak- 18T is used primarily in Eastern Europe, among others, as a training aircraft, light transport and for the control of pipelines. Originally, the purpose to act as an initial trainer for student pilots of Aeroflot. The time non-typical use of control horns shows a then requirement for this purpose. The 18T is aerobatic and IFR capable, also driven by an AI - 14RF.
  • CJ -5 - Chinese under license.

Production

Until the cessation of production of the "old " versions (up Jak-18PM/PS ) the end of 1971 were 6760 Yak- 18 built; together with the Yak- 18T production increased to about 8000 machines. The entire Chinese CJ -5 production was from 1954 to 1958 a total of 379 machines. Production of the Yak- 18T was recorded in 1993 in small numbers again.

Military user

  • Egypt Egypt
  • Kingdom Afghanistan 1931 Afghanistan: 14 1957-2001
  • Albania Albania: 43 including Chinese CJ -5
  • Algeria Algeria
  • Bangladesh Bangladesh
  • Bulgaria
  • People's Republic of China People's Republic of China: under license as the CJ -5
  • Germany Democratic Republic in 1949 German Democratic Republic: 65 pieces of the original version of Yak- 18 and Yak- 18U flew from 1952 to 1972 at the KVP air, the NVA and the GST.
  • Guinea Guinea
  • Iraq Iraq
  • Yemen Yemen
  • Cambodia Cambodia
  • Laos Laos
  • Mali Mali
  • Mongolia Mongolia
  • North Korea North Korea
  • Austria Austria: 4 1955-1965
  • Poland Poland
  • Romania 1952 Romania
  • Zambia Zambia
  • Somalia Somalia
  • Soviet Union Soviet Union
  • Syria Syria
  • Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  • Turkmenistan Turkmenistan
  • Hungary Hungary
  • Vietnam

Specifications

Museale reception

  • A Yakovlev Yak - 18 of the Austrian Armed Forces is issued the air base Hinterstoisser in military air show in Zeltweg in Hangar 8, a branch of the Vienna Museum of Military History.
Polish Aviation Museum Kasernierte Volkspolizei DOSAAF Ivchenko-Progress Zeltweg Air Base Museum of Military History, Vienna Yakovlev AIR-6 Yakovlev Yak-3 Yakovlev Yak-25 (1947) Yakovlev Yak-26 Yakovlev Yak-30 (1948) Yakovlev Yak-32 Yakovlev Yak-50 (1949)
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