Yakovlev Yak-17

Article ID:	1493807

1 Variants
2 Specifications (yak-17)
- 2.1. General Characteristics
- 2.2. Performance
- 2.3. Armament
- 2.4. Operators
3 External links
4 Related content

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The Yakovlev Yak-17(originally known to US intelligence as the Type-16and later by the NATO reporting name Feather) was an early Soviet jet fighter, developed from the Yak-15 .

Yak-17

Developed in 1947 , It was first publicly displayed at the Soviet Aviation Dayof 1948 , at Tushino .

Variants

Yak-17U( Type-26/ Magnet) (also known as Yak-17V)

Two-seat training version first seen at 1949 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.

Specifications (Yak-17)

General Characteristics

Crew:one, pilot
Length:8.70 m (28 ft 6 in)
Wingspan:9.20 m (30 ft 2 in)
Height:2.30 m (7 ft 7 in)
Wing area:14.9 m² (160 ft²)
Empty:2,081 kg (4,578 lb)
Loaded:2,890 kg (6,358 lb)
Maximum takeoff:3,240 kg (7,128 lb)
Powerplant:1 x Tumansky RD-10A turbojet, 8.9 kN (2,000 lbf) thrust

Performance

Maximum speed:748 km/h (468 mph)
Range:395 km (247 miles)
Service ceiling:12,750 m (41,820 ft)
Rate of climb:m/min ( ft/min)
Wing loading:194 kg/m² (40 lb/ft²)
Thrust-to-weight:3.1 N/kg

Armament

2x 23 mm Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 machine guns with 60 rounds each

Operators

China, Czechoslovkia, Poland, Soviet Union,

External links

http://www.aviation.ru/Yak/#17