Yakovlev Yak-130

Type (Muster)
Advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft (Fortgeschrittenentrainer und leichtes Kampfflugzeug)

Country (Land)
Russia (Russland)

Manufacturer (Hersteller)
Yakovlev OKB
Leningradski Prospekt 68
12315 Moscow

Phone: 007-095/157-1714
Fax: 007-095/157-4726

General (Allgemeine Angaben)
Crew (Besatzung): 2

Weapons (Bewaffnung): Seven hardpoints could be fitted for a total of external load of 3000 kg. Bombs, missiles, gun pods etc. could be carried.

Power plant (Antrieb): 2 x Povazske Strojarne ZMK DV-2S turbofans
Max. thrust (Schub): 2 x 21,6 kN (4850 lbs)

Dimensions (Abmessungen)
Length (Länge): 11,49 m
Height (Höhe): 4,76 m
Wing span (Spannweite): 9,72 m
Wing area (Flügelfläche): 23,52 sq m

Weights (Massen)
Emty weight (Leermasse): 4600 kg
Fuel (Kraftstoff): 1750 kg
Max. external load (max. Außenlast): 3000 kg
Normal take-off weight (normale Startmasse): 6500 kg
Max. take-off weight (max. Startmasse): 9500 kg

Performance (Flugleistungen)
Max. level speed (max. Fluggeschwindigkeit): 1037 km/h at 4570
Landing speed (Landegeschwindigkeit): 175 km/h
Max. rate of climb (Steigrate): 50 m/s at sea level
Service ceiling (Dienstgipfelhöhe): 13000 m (42660 ft)
Take-off run (Startrollstrecke): 340 m
Landing run (Landerollstrecke): 550 m
Range (Max. Reichweite)
- 2545 km with max. internal fuel
- 3330 km with two external tanks
g-limits: +8/-3

Costs (Kosten)
A price of 8 to 10 million US-Dollars has been mentioned in 1996.

Customers (Kunden)
None yet. Yakovlev hopes for a Russian order. Intense marketing was undertaken in Slovakia.

Competitors (Konkurrenz)
Aermacchi M-346
EADS (Dasa) Mako
Korean Aerospace T-50 Golden Eagle
Mikoyan MiG-AT

Remarks (Bemerkungen)
The Yak-130 was designed to fulfill a Soviet/Russian requirement for a new generation trainer supplanting the widely used L-29 and L-39 Albatros. It was selected together with the MiG-AT for prototype development.
After working with Aermacchi for most of the 90s, Yakovlev is now on its own again, as the Italian company concentrates on its M-346 design, which retains the aerodynamic formula of the Yak-130, but is an all-new, fully westernised aircraft.
The Yak-130 is fitted with a fly-by-wire system and can mimik the handling of other aircraft types. It is permitted to fly at AoAs of 41 degrees.

History (Geschichte)
Design of the Yak-130 started in the late 1980s, in competition with other new trainer projects by Suchoi, Masichchev and Mikojan. The Yak-130 and the MiG-AT were choosen as finalists in May 1992.
An agreement between Aermacchi and Yakovlev to cooperate in the development of the trainer was signed in 1993.
By now, there exists only one flying prototype, the Yak-130D (RA-43130), which is somewhat bigger than a series version, to which the data above would apply. It was shown for the first time in November 1994, and was officially rolled out on 29 May 1995. At that time, a first flight was exected in October, but it did not happen until 25 April 1996 at Zhukovsky, piloted by Yakovlev chief pilot Andrey Sinitsyn.
The Yak-130D was first fitted with winglets, which have been abandoned now. By June 1997, 50 flight hours had been completed.
The aircraft was brought to Italy for flight trials at the Aermacchi facilities in July/August 1997 and then again in early 1999. At that time, the aircraft was marketed as the Yak/AEM-130, and it was foreseen that a production-standard aircraft should fly in 2001 with certification due in 2003.
By mid-2000 total flights were about 300.
In 2000, Aermacchi decided to go it alone with the the completely redone M-346 derivative of the basic design. Different financial and schedule priorities were given as the reason for the split with the Russian partners Yakovlev and Sokol production plant..
In June 2001, Yakovlev general director Oleg Demchenko announced that two production standard aircraft plus two static test airframes should be built at the Sokol plant in Nizhny Novgorod, flying in the fourth quarter of 2003. They will be designated Yak-130-01. The AI-222-25 engine will be used as an alternative to the DV-2.

Last updated 6. August 2001

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