Yakovlev Yak-19
Yakovlev Yak -19 (Russian Яковлев Як -19, NATO reporting name "Type 7") is the name of a late 1940s developed fighter aircraft. She was Yakovlev's first all-metal construction and was built in two copies.
Development
While the two previous models Yak- 15 and Yak- 17 had still oriented to the piston-engine fighter Yak- 3, Yak- 19 was a completely new design. The drive was used the end of 1946 at the Central Institute for Aircraft Engines ( ZIAM ) developed RD -10F, the world's first jet engine with afterburner. Early in 1947, launched the first prototype Yak- 19 -I with Sergei Anokhin first flight. The public nature of the type presented in the air parade in Tushino in the same year. In the second machine Jak -19- II was given the tailplane a slight dihedral and fortified additional fuel tanks on the wing tips. The flight test ended in October 1947 and certified that the model to be suitable for medium-skilled pilots. In the series production was eventually waived anyway, because at that time were available already airplanes that had significantly better performance.
Technical Description
The Yak- 19 was performed in all-metal construction and had a nearly circular fuselage cross-section. The trapezoidal wing had a laminar and were unswept. The struts of the main landing gear went into the wings, a the main wheels and the nose wheel in the trunk. The fuel tanks were arranged in a ring around the central air duct in the middle of the fuselage.