Yakovlev Yak-38 - Specifications (Yakovlev Yak-38M)

Specifications (Yakovlev Yak-38M)

Data from Combat Aircraft since 1945

General characteristics

• Crew: One
• Length: 16.37 m (50 ft 1 in)
• Wingspan: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
• Height: 4.25 m (14 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 18.5 m² (199 ft²)
• Empty weight: 7,385 kg (16,281 lb)
• Loaded weight: kg (lb)
• Max. takeoff weight: 11,300 kg (28,700 lb)

• Powerplant: 1 x Tumansky R-28 V-300 turbojet, 66.7 kN (15,000 lb_f)

• Powerplant: 2 × Rybinsk RD-38 turbojets, 31.9 kN (7,870 lbf) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 1 280 km/h (795 mph)
• Range: 1,300 km (807 miles)
• Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,089 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4,500 m/min (14,760 ft/min)
• Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
• Thrust/weight: 1+

Armament

• Guns: GSh-23L 23mm gun pod (GP-9). Carried in one or two UPK-23-250 pods fixed under the external pylons of wings.
• Hardpoints: 4 with a capacity of 4,400 lb and provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets: various types of rockets (up to 240 mm).
  • Missiles: 2 anti-ship or air-to-surface Kh-23 (AS-7 Kerry). The Kh-23 required a guidance pod on one of the pylons. R-60 or R-60M (AA-8 Aphid) air-to-air missiles could be carried under the external pylons.
  • Bombs: two FAB-500 or four FAB-250 general purpose bombs under pylons, two incendiary ZB-500, or two nuclear RN-28 bombs.
  • Other: external tanks.