Yakovlev AIR-3

The Yakovlev Yes -3 (Russian Яковлев Я -3, and AIR 3, АИР -3 ) was a strutted, single-engine two-seat high-wing monoplane.

It was created after a trip organized by the Moscow children's magazine Pionierskaja Pravda fundraiser. Yakovlev, at that time a student at the Military Academy of Engineers of the Air Force, " Prof. NJ Zhukovsky " was then in the summer of 1929 to build the Yes -3. It was based on the double-decker Yakovlev Yes -2. The aircraft was manufactured in the factory GAS -39 April-June 1929. Then, the first flight was made. 1930, the Yes -3 was further developed into the Yes -4. Changes have been made especially in the area of the wings and landing gear, with the Yes -3 slats and flaps and main landing gear axle was equipped with a split.

Flight use

As of August 26, 1929, the students of Zhukovsky Military Aviation Academy took repeated flights from Mineralnye Vody to Moscow. The 1835 km long route was served by A. I. Filin and his companion A. F. Korolkov with an average speed of 166.8 km / h on 6 September 1929. On this flight the world records of the reach and the average airspeed could be reorganized.

Construction

The aircraft's hull had a strung with fabric wooden scaffolding that was planked in the engine area with alloy in aircraft leader pulpit with plywood. The Yes -3 is designed as a high-wing, the wing struts were supported by two parallel struts per side. The tail was wrapped like the trunk with fabric. The chassis of the Yes - 3 received a continuous axis. With modified suspension, the Yakovlev Yes -4 was manufactured.

Specifications

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