Aviation / Aerospace

Yakovlev Yak-23

Single-Seat Jet-Powered Day Fighter [ 1947 ]

The Soviet Yak-23 was the ultimate development of the Yak-15 and Yak-17 series of turobojet-powered post-war aircraft.

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The Yakovlev Yak-23 was the final iteration of the post-war turbojet designs beginning with the Yak-15 and continuing in the Yak-17 aircraft series. The Yak-23 was similar to the Yak-17 but differed in the utilization of higher-mounted horizontal tail surfacing. Another key difference in the design lay in the larger tail rudder design assembly.

The Yak-23 was a single-engine, single-crew jet-powered aircraft designed on a rudimentary fuselage. A straight-winged design - popular with jet designs of the time - adorned either site of the mid-to-rear mounted cockpit. The cockpit area sunk into the rearward part of the fuselage, adding to the aerodynamic element. The front of the fuselage was dominated by a cone-less intake opening with the turbojet exhaust located at mid-fuselage, just under the pilots seating arrangement. A powered tricycle-type landing gear rounded out the key technological engineering features.

Termed a "light-weight day fighter", the Yak-23 was armed with two 23mm cannons mounted in the nose - this being the now popular alternative to the machine gun-laced fighter designs of the Second World War. A single 132lb conventional bomb could be carrier under-fuselage as well, adding a hint of multirole capabilities.

Flying for the first time in June of 1947, the capable and agile Yak-23 actually used a licensed and imported version of the British Rolls-Royce Derwent engine in the form of the Klimov RD-500 powerplant mentioned above in the specifications. No fewer than 310 were produced and shipped out to Soviet-supported states in Eastern Europe. Yak-23's would eventually be superceded by the more capable delta wing MiG-15 jet-powered aircraft, calling an end to the Soviet barrel-type aircraft designs of the post-war USSR.©MilitaryFactory.com

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Specifications

Service Year

1947

Origin

Soviet Union

Status

RETIRED
Not in Service.

Crew

1

Production

310
UNITS

Yakovlev - USSR

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Bulgaria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Romania; Soviet Union

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Air-to-Air Combat, Fighter
General ability to actively engage other aircraft of similar form and function, typically through guns, missiles, and/or aerial rockets.

Length

26.6 ft
(8.12 m)

Width/Span

28.6 ft
(8.73 m)

Height

10.9 ft
(3.31 m)

Empty Wgt

4,409 lb
(2,000 kg)

MTOW

6,693 lb
(3,036 kg)

Wgt Diff

+2,284 lb
(+1,036 kg)

(Showcased structural values pertain to the base Yakovlev Yak-23 production variant)

Installed: 1 x Klimov RD-500 turbojet engine developing 3,505 lb of thrust.

Max Speed

606 mph
(975 kph | 526 kts)

Ceiling

48,556 ft
(14,800 m | 9 mi)

Range

746 mi
(1,200 km | 2,222 nm)

Rate-of-Climb

6,693 ft/min
(2,040 m/min)

♦ MACH Regime (Sonic)

Sub

Trans

Super

Hyper

HiHyper

ReEntry

♦

(Showcased performance specifications pertain to the base Yakovlev Yak-23 production variant. Performance specifications showcased above are subject to environmental factors as well as aircraft configuration. Estimates are made when Real Data not available. Compare this aircraft entry against any other in our database or View aircraft by powerplant type)

STANDARD:
2 x 23mm cannon (nose-mounted).

OPTIONAL:
1 x 132lb conventional drop bomb.

Supported Types

Graphical image of an aircraft automatic cannon

Graphical image of an aircraft conventional drop bomb munition

(Not all ordnance types may be represented in the showcase above)

Hardpoint Mountings: 1

Yak-23 - Series Model Designation

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