| Manufacturer |
Yakovlev |
Saab |
| Description |
The Yakovlev Yak-36, also known as Izdeliye V, (NATO reporting name "Freehand") is a Soviet technology demonstrator for a VTOL combat aircraft. |
The Saab 36 (also known as Projekt 1300) was a cancelled Swedish supersonic bomber planned by Saab AB during the 1950s. |
| First Flight |
1963-01-09 |
|
| Designer |
Yakovlev |
Saab |
| Type |
Experimental VSTOL aircraft |
Bomber |
| Length (m) |
17 |
17 |
| Height (m) |
4.5 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
900 |
|
| Max Ceiling (m) |
12000 |
18000 |
| Rate of Climb (m/s) |
140 |
|
| Armament |
2 x 23 mm GSh-23L cannon (UPK-23-250 gunpods); 2 x UB-16-57UM FFAR rocketpods (16 rockets each); 2 |
1 × 600–800 kg (1 300–1 800 lb) free-fall nuclear bomb |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
|
2.14 |
| National Origin |
Soviet Union |
|
| Number Built |
4 |
|
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Tumansky R-27-300 Vectored thrust axial flow turbojets, 52 kN thrust each |
2 × Bristol Olympus, 44 kN thrust each |
| Status |
|
Cancelled project |
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-36 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab_36 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
10 |
9.6 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
17 |
54 |
| Aircraft Engine |
|
Rolls-Royce Olympus |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |