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YAK 12N Purger

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A little tank buster. This plane is equipped with 6 15 mm Auto Motheland M32 machineguns and 2 37mm Auto Motherland K45 APDS Canons. Its nose kinda nose heavy and slow but its fun. AG1 for machine guns and AG2 for canons. Backstory: Desinged by Yakovlev in 1948, during the boom of jet aircraft. The idea was to create a flying tank destroyer,.with also AA capabilities. Both Yakovlev and Auto Motherland were involved in the making of the plane, with YAK making the plane and Auto Motherland making the weapons and ammo. While the guns were conventional in loading, the cannons had an autoloading mechanism that loaded the shells into a drum through the wings from the main body, making the plane a flying ammo rack. It only entered service in 1953 and was retiered in 1957 due to cost.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 23.8ft (7.2m)
  • Length 27.6ft (8.4m)
  • Height 8.1ft (2.5m)
  • Empty Weight 4,551lbs (2,064kg)
  • Loaded Weight 7,530lbs (3,415kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.447
  • Wing Loading 60.5lbs/ft2 (295.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 124.5ft2 (11.6m2)
  • Drag Points 1532

Parts

  • Number of Parts 41
  • Control Surfaces 8
  • Performance Cost 219