Modelsvit 72026 Yak-1000

The Yakovlev Yak-1000 was a Soviet experimental all-metal jet fighter in a low wing configuration. The drive was provided by a single Klimow RD-500 turbojet engine . One copy of the plane was made in 1951. The machine did not have a permanent armament.

The Yak-1000 aircraft was created as a result of an order placed in 1950 by the Soviet air force at the Yakovlev plant for a new supersonic fighter plane. Moreover, the order set the bar incredibly high, as it assumed that the new plane would reach a speed of Mach 1.7! Aleksander Jakowlew decided to use a possibly powerful engine in the new plane and to use delta wings, the assumptions and construction of which were based on German experiences acquired in 1945 and shortly thereafter. Due to the small wings, a rare four-support chassis was also used. The entire structure of the aircraft was therefore avant-garde for those times. However, the plane's attempts completely failed. The machine turned out to be extremely vulnerable to gusts of crosswinds and very unstable in flight. Despite attempts to improve aerodynamics, the entire project was canceled in October 1951.