Yak-25/26/27/28 (the big twins)

[Weaver]

As far as I can see there isn't a thread for these, but mods, if I'm wrong, please feel free to merge this thread.

So, what to do with the big twin-engined night-fighter/bomber/recce yaks then?

One thing I've always fancied is an advanced strike version, with the bomb-bay of the -28B, the tandem cockpit and solid nose of the -28P (but full of nav-attack avionics) and an Su-17-style outboard-pivot swing wing, the pivot points being above the engines.

[Mossie]

I've talked about a swept wing Canberra today, so how about a straight wing Yak?  Could cause much head scratching when comparing it with an Il-28!

I think it might look good sticking the engines in the rear with intakes & horizontal tail on the fuselage.

[Weaver]

OR, how about moving a Brewer's engines from the wing to either side of the tail, and then passing it off as a Tupolev predecessor of the Tu-22?

[Ed S]

I've talked about a swept wing Canberra today, so how about a straight wing Yak?  Could cause much head scratching when comparing it with an Il-28!

I think it might look good sticking the engines in the rear with intakes & horizontal tail on the fuselage.

There was a straight wing Yak-25.  The Yak-25RV "Mandrake". 

Ed

[Weaver]

I've talked about a swept wing Canberra today, so how about a straight wing Yak?  Could cause much head scratching when comparing it with an Il-28!

I think it might look good sticking the engines in the rear with intakes & horizontal tail on the fuselage.

There was a straight wing Yak-25.  The Yak-25RV "Mandrake". 

Ed

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

[dy031101]

Since I always like the idea of a classic plane with what-if avionics suite upgrades, I would think of an upgraded Yak-28P with R-40 and/or even R-27EM/ER/ET capabilities......

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

Put a rocket motor (or a cluster of them) in the tail, and we get a Ruskie Sud-Ouest Trident.

[Jschmus]

What about a Yak with turbofan engines and modern radar/avionics?

Captured Yaks in IDF-AF service?

The possibilities abound.

I just wish I had scarfed up those 1/100 Yaks I saw in a dollar store years ago.

[Taiidantomcat]

I have been looking for more pics but the Yak-45 was designed for the PFI competition that later became the Mig-29 (I know it doesn't quite fit with the numbers shown in the thread title but it has that Yak look to it!)







Note Canards

Maybe start a build with an F-18 Fuselage?   Yakovlev sized up the design to try and get the contract for what became the Flanker and there is a pic of it out there but i can't seem to find it  

[jcf]

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

... na, short trapezoidal wing (think early Avro 730) and stick engines on the wingtips ala the Myasischev M-50.



So Yak-25 + 188 + 730 + M-50 = 

[PR19_Kit]

There was a straight wing Yak-25.  The Yak-25RV "Mandrake".  

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

Kit's First Rule of Whiffing says 'There's no aircraft in the world that can't be improved by fitting longer, straighter wings'  

So the answer is a Mandrake with even LONGER wings and the odd missile or two! I've been scrabbling about with something like this for a while, a Broplan Mandrake mated with an A-Model Yak 28 with wings from an U-2 or TR-1.

Can't make them all fit yet, but I'm working on it. It'll be a Yak-25PV, which translates to 'Perekhvatchik Vysotnyj (High altitude interceptor)' and it's NATO name will be Firedrake' (Firebar + Mandrake....... )

[Weaver]

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

... na, short trapezoidal wing (think early Avro 730) and stick engines on the wingtips ala the Myasischev M-50.


So Yak-25 + 188 + 730 + M-50 = 

Good idea, although maybe base it on the -28 with it's high-mounted wing, which might let you put the underwing engines in M-50-style pods (assuming that the new aircraft's four engines are smaller than the old ones).

[PR19_Kit]

While digging out the kits for my Yak-25PV 'Firedrake' (see post #9 above) I found a kit for a Yak-25 Flashlight inside the A Model Yak-28 box, along with the Yak-28 kit! I can't recall buying it, but I suppose I must have at some time or another. There's only rudimentary instructions and no sign of who made it.

Anyone got any ideas on who the manufacturer might be?

[frank2056]

Kit,
That looks just like the Red Hurricane Yak-25. I have one at home that I've been working on - I'll compare the bits and the instructions. They also had a Tu-14 Bosun before they went out of business.

Frank

[PR19_Kit]

Frank,

Thanks for that, I can't imagine where I  got hold of one of them, I can't recall seeing Red Hurricane kits anywhere! 

That Tu-14 must be the only kit of that aircraft ever produced, I don't even think Airmodel did it, and they surely did produce some odd-ball machines.

[pyro-manic]

I have a vacform Tu-14 - made by Sutcliffe Productions.