The Yakovlev Yak-152 trainer aircraft marked its debut at the MAKS 2017 airshow in Moscow, which completed maiden flight in Sept 2016.
The Yakovlev Yak-152 trainer aircraft marked its debut at the MAKS 2017 airshow in Moscow, which completed maiden flight in Sept 2016.
The turboprop basic trainer aircraft is intended to replace the Soviet era Yak-52 turboprop trainer operated by Russian Air Force.
The aircraft developed by Yakovlev Design Bureau, an affiliate of the Irkut Corp, features improved performance characteristics than its predecessor. Yak-152 can reach a top speed of 420 kmph and its G-load envelope has been increased by 50 percent to +9 to -7.
The glass cockpit is equipped with triple redundant EKBO-152 avionics suite which enable day and night flight. Flight parameters and cockpit voice can be recorded for ground briefing to improve training.
The avionics can provide automatic responses to requests of IFF systems and secondary radars of air traffic controllers, and can also simulate system failures to impart emergency training procedures.
The tandem seat unpressurized cockpit with student pilot in front and instructor pilot in back provide good overall visibility. Both seats are equipped with Zvezda SKS-94M parachute ejection system, which can operate in the 60-400 km/h speed ranges and at altitudes ranging from 7-4000 m.
The aircraft can operate from concrete and unpaved runways with minimal specific density of 5-6 kgf/cm square and requires only 235 m for take off. It can be prepared for flight within 15 min, with a turnaround time of 10 min.
As being a trainer aircraft Yak-152's airframe is designed for 10,000 flight hours/30 years/30,000 landings.
With a maximum take of weight of 1,490 kg, the aircraft can reach a max altitude of 4 km and have a flight range of 1,500 km.
Powered by a German-built diesel fueled RED Aircraft A03T V12 piston engine rated at 500 shp (370 kW) power. The engine enable flight operations from airfields located up to 2000 m above sea level. The engine will be license produced in Russia during the production phase.
Irkut had received a contract from the Russian Defense Ministry in June 2015 to supply up to 150 Yak-152 aircraft by 2020.
