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| 0s | [Music] |
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| 5s | even today people are still arguing |
| 8s | about the legacy of alexander |
| 10s | sergeyevich yakovlev |
| 13s | some praise him as an engineering genius |
| 16s | while others say that he was more of a |
| 19s | ruthless ladder climber despite all that |
| 22s | one thing remains clear |
| 25s | there aren't that many aircraft |
| 27s | engineers that started their career with |
| 29s | plywood biplanes |
| 31s | and retired with a legacy of jet |
| 34s | fighters and jet airliners |
| 37s | not many indeed |
| 39s | [Music] |
| 43s | it's important to note that yakovlev |
| 46s | didn't make a single biplane fighter in |
| 50s | fact the first military design by his |
| 52s | newly founded bureau was not a fighter |
| 55s | instead it was a speedy twin-engine |
| 58s | reconnaissance aircraft that the red |
| 60s | army really needed at the time |
| 63s | the military were so impressed with the |
| 64s | performance of the prototype that they |
| 67s | promptly ordered the bureau to develop |
| 69s | several new aircraft based on the same |
| 72s | design |
| 73s | the i-29 fighter the yak-2 strike |
| 77s | aircraft and the yak-4 a light bomber |
| 80s | variant of the latter all three |
| 83s | conversions were viable but the modified |
| 86s | aircraft became considerably more heavy |
| 89s | and less agile |
| 95s | the military were not too happy with the |
| 97s | result after this failure yakovlev was |
| 100s | ready to go back to designing trainer |
| 103s | aircraft but then the war happened and |
| 106s | the engineer was given a task to develop |
| 108s | a single engine fighter suitable for |
| 111s | mass production there were five designs |
| 114s | from different teams competing for the |
| 116s | government order of 1940. three of which |
| 119s | including the i-26 the future yak-1 made |
| 123s | it into mass production |
| 125s | was jakov left aware at the time that he |
| 128s | was making the most produced piston |
| 130s | engine fighter aircraft in history |
| 133s | probably not |
| 134s | here's the paradox that keeps industry |
| 137s | professionals up at night the best |
| 140s | fighter aircraft of world war ii were |
| 142s | designed by people who weren't too keen |
| 146s | on developing them in the first place |
| 153s | but wait isn't the messerschmitt bf-109 |
| 157s | the most produced fighter aircraft in |
| 159s | history well it depends the family of |
| 162s | bf-109 aircraft is really big but it's |
| 166s | because all of its different members |
| 168s | retained that original designation of |
| 171s | bf-109 |
| 173s | it's not the case with the numerous |
| 175s | aircraft developed from the i-26 many of |
| 178s | them received new names |
| 180s | as simple as that anyhow the yak-7 |
| 184s | developed from the |
| 186s | uti-26 advanced trainer aircraft after |
| 189s | the start of the war allowed the pilots |
| 192s | of the red army to finally take the lead |
| 195s | in the skies of the eastern front |
| 197s | soon the design rapidly underwent a |
| 200s | series of improvements allowing soviet |
| 202s | engineers to create a whole family of |
| 205s | yak-9 aircraft for example the yak-9t |
| 210s | was armed with a powerful 37 millimeter |
| 213s | cannon and it was followed by the yak-9k |
| 216s | which was already equipped with a 45 |
| 219s | millimeter gun and at the very top of |
| 221s | the line there was a yak 9p |
| 224s | and the yak-9 ut variations armed with |
| 228s | three cannons |
| 230s | soviet engineers replaced the large |
| 232s | caliber machine guns of their |
| 233s | predecessors with two 20 millimeter |
| 236s | berezian b20 cannons |
| 238s | the low weight of those guns as well as |
| 241s | the design of the frame permitted |
| 243s | engineers to outfit the aircraft with |
| 245s | either the third b-20 cannon the |
| 248s | 23-millimeter vya cannon used on the eel |
| 252s | 2 or the classic 37 millimeter noodleman |
| 256s | saranov an s37 cannon finally there was |
| 260s | the yak 9b fighter bomber variant with |
| 263s | bombays |
| 265s | and the yak-9u had numerous aerodynamic |
| 269s | and structural improvements aimed at |
| 271s | making it as fast and agile as possible |
| 279s | but the fighter that pilots loved the |
| 281s | most was definitely the yak-3 |
| 284s | a design that incorporated the best |
| 286s | parts of both the yak 1b and the yak-1m |
| 291s | it was light |
| 292s | fast |
| 293s | and agile |
| 295s | basically it left german pilots no |
| 298s | chance to make a proper comeback |
| 301s | the 3p variant of this fighter received |
| 303s | three b-20 cannons and the experimental |
| 307s | yak-3t was equipped with a massive 37 |
| 310s | millimeter gun |
| 312s | as the aircraft was largely constructed |
| 314s | with aluminium parts |
| 316s | engineers were able to reduce its weight |
| 319s | even further |
| 320s | allowing them to make the yak-3u variant |
| 323s | with the schweitzoff ash 82 fn radial |
| 328s | engine |
| 331s | after the war yakovlev who served under |
| 334s | joseph stalin as vice minister of |
| 337s | aviation industry during wartime years |
| 340s | focused solely on engineering |
| 343s | the world was already about to enter the |
| 346s | jet age to help soviet pilots to |
| 349s | transition to aircraft of the new type |
| 352s | yakovlev designed the yak-15 |
| 355s | basically the very same yak-3 but with a |
| 359s | jet engine on board then the ussr |
| 362s | received the yak-17 |
| 364s | featuring laminar flow wings |
| 367s | and the yak-23 with an all-metal |
| 369s | construction but the latter was |
| 372s | ultimately discarded in favor of the |
| 374s | mig-9 |
| 376s | soon the same fate was shared by the |
| 378s | yak-30 that had to compete with the |
| 381s | iconic mig-15 |
| 389s | according to yakovlev's colleagues he |
| 391s | wasn't particularly enthusiastic about |
| 394s | designing simple jet fighter designs he |
| 397s | was passionate about bigger challenges |
| 400s | like making a supersonic tactical |
| 403s | reconnaissance aircraft capable of |
| 405s | intercepting targets that were |
| 406s | completely out of reach for more |
| 409s | conventional designs the yak-25 became |
| 412s | the first in the series of excellent |
| 414s | multi-role aircraft including the yak-28 |
| 418s | which is available in war thunder this |
| 420s | particular plane turned out to be so |
| 423s | effective that it remained in service |
| 425s | until the mid-1990s |
| 428s | outliving both the country that produced |
| 430s | it and the engineer that designed it |
| 436s | but let's not dwell on that and go back |
| 439s | to the past for a moment as the team at |
| 442s | the bureau had no intention of stopping |
| 444s | after the act 28 |
| 447s | on the contrary they were busy working |
| 449s | on experimental cutting-edge designs |
| 453s | for instance it was the yakovlev bureau |
| 456s | that was responsible for developing a |
| 458s | soviet fighter aircraft with vtol |
| 460s | capabilities there was a sentiment |
| 463s | shared by many in the west that it was |
| 465s | just yakovlev's attempt to compete with |
| 468s | sir sidney cam |
| 470s | his longtime friend colleague and rival |
| 473s | skeptics claimed that the only way the |
| 476s | soviet aircraft industry could ever make |
| 479s | something like the harrier |
| 481s | was by straining itself to the point of |
| 484s | breaking and it would still be an |
| 486s | undertaking that would take them at |
| 487s | least 10 or even 15 years to complete |
| 491s | and you know what the yak 38 took to the |
| 495s | skies only four years after the |
| 498s | harrier's maiden flight |
| 501s | [Music] |
| 505s | that could be the end of this video but |
| 507s | there's one more thing that we wanted to |
| 510s | say |
| 511s | alexander seguirvich yakovlev was truly |
| 514s | an engineer of many talents he was |
| 517s | always keenly aware of the current |
| 520s | capabilities of the soviet industry |
| 522s | which gave him unique insight into what |
| 525s | kind of aircraft the country would need |
| 527s | in the near future some of his designs |
| 530s | like the yak-12 a light multi-role stall |
| 534s | aircraft |
| 535s | or the yak-40 and yak-42 passenger jets |
| 538s | were key to bringing civil aviation in |
| 541s | the ussr to new great heights |
| 545s | and today the yakov lief design bureau |
| 548s | is still very much in business |
| 551s | a far cry from a small team led by a man |
| 554s | who loved designing trainer aircraft |
| 557s | what are your favorite yakov left |
| 559s | aircraft come on get your fingers ready |
| 562s | tell us in the comments below we're |
| 564s | waiting |
| 588s | you |