Yakovlev-130 Mitten

[Senyor Sandeep]

I just verified that Yak's AL 222 is much powerful than I had originally believed it to be. 24.5 kN is the dry thrust and the after burning maximum thrust is 41.2 kN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko-Progress_AI-222. Yak with 2x 41.2 kN engines is not just a trainer, but also a light attack/combat aircraft. http://offiziere.ch/?p=25887

 

[gadeshi]

Bangladesh will be the first country to use Yak-130 as LCA.
There are special LCA options for this:
1 - The cheapper one - with laser designator

2 - The medium one - with SOLT-25 EOTS

3 - The fanciest one with laser designator and small sized AESA radar by NIIP.
No image yet, no radar index is known yet.

 

[gadeshi]

Correct me if I am wrong, AL 55 I, the Indian version has 17.5 kN thrust and it is the same engine that our HAL Sitara HJT 36 uses.
Also, I am curious to know what you mean by 2500 KGs and 3200 KGs. Are you referring to the dry weight of the engine?

No, Russian version of Al-55 has 2500kgs of dry thrust.
Afterburned version of Al-55 - Al-55F has 2500kgs dry and 3200kgs afterburned thrust.

 

[gadeshi]

I just verified that Yak's AL 222 is much powerful than I had originally believed it to be. 24.5 kN is the dry thrust and the after burning maximum thrust is 41.2 kN https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivchenko-Progress_AI-222. Yak with 2x 41.2 kN engines is not just a trainer, but also a light attack/combat aircraft. http://offiziere.ch/?p=25887

AI-222-25F (specal afterburned version for Chinese L-15) is not appropriate for Yak-130 because of Ukrainian crisis political circumstances and general Ukrainian industry collapse.

 

[Senyor Sandeep]

2500kgs each is OK for advanced trainer with sufficient aerodynamics.
However, it is known that AI-222-25 will be substituted by afterburning version of Al-55 - Al-55F (2500/3200kgs each) in the future.
http://www.airwar.ru/enc/engines/al55.html

No, Russian version of Al-55 has 2500kgs of dry thrust.
Afterburned version of Al-55 - Al-55F has 2500kgs dry and 3200kgs afterburned thrust.

Thanks for your reply. Is it normal to mention thrust in Kgs? Thrust is a force. Force = Mass times acceleration, which means thrust should be mentioned in Kg * m/s-squared. 1 N = 1 Kg * m/sec-squared. 25kN thrust = 25000 kg* m/s-squared

 

[gadeshi]

Thanks for your reply. Is it normal to mention thrust in Kgs? Thrust is a force. Force = Mass times acceleration, which means thrust should be mentioned in Kg * m/s-squared. 1 N = 1 Kg * m/sec-squared. 25kN thrust = 25000 kg* m/s-squared

Kgs is russian designation (kilogram-sila) which will be kgf (kilogram-force) in English

 

[Senyor Sandeep]

Ah ok. OK. learnt something new. Kgs in English would be the short form of Kilogram in plural. That led to confusion. Thank you for your patience. Appreciate it.

 

[Senyor Sandeep]

A new Yak-130 batch for Banghladesh:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/72123/

What a fantastic air craft! Great choice, Bangladesh.

 

[gadeshi]

Belorussian AF Yak-130 have first time fired AAMs (R-73RMD-2 SRAAMs) yesterday:

 

[gadeshi]

And a video for the previous event:

 

[gadeshi]

Krasnodar VKS Flight School rookie cadets firrst time flown Yak-130:

 

[gadeshi]

Irkut has reported about all the Yak-130 built number exceeded 60 (actually 68 built):
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/75441/

 

[gadeshi]

Yakovlev and Irkut have built the first Yak-130 in Year 2016:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/76276/

 

[gadeshi]

Belarussian AF Yak-130s on trainings:

 

[gadeshi]

RuMOD has conducted a new contract for more 30 Yak-130 until 2018:
http://function.mil.ru/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12083307@egNews

 

[gadeshi]

Another new Yak-130 has conducted its maiden flight:
http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/76819/

 

[gadeshi]

Yak-130 from Armavir branch of Krasnodar flight school:

 

[gadeshi]

Armavir branch of Crasnadar Flight School cadets master their Yak-130:

 

[gadeshi]

More Belarussian AF Yak-130:

and another video from Armavir branch of Krasnodar flight school:

 

[gadeshi]

More Belorussian Yak-130 trainings to land on an automotive road at night: