proposed airborne early warning aircraft
Yak-44
The Yakovlev Yak-44 (Russian: Як-44) was a proposed twin-turboprop Airborne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft, resembling the United States Navy's E-2 Hawkeye, intended for use with the Soviet Navy's Ulyanovsk class supercarriers. Along with the aircraft carrier it would have flown from, the Yak-44 was cancelled after the demise of the Soviet Union. A full-scale mockup with foldable wings was built.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Yakovlev
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 400 kt
- Max speed
- 400 kt
- Range
- 2,200 nm
- Service ceiling
- 43,000 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 88,185 lb
- Powerplant
- 2 × Progress D-27 propfan
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 5
- Length
- 66.9 ft
- Wingspan
- 84.3 ft
- Height
- 23 ft
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.