Yakovlev Yak 3 - V12 Engine Sound at its best

Yakovlev YAK3 D-FYAC
Pilot: Gerhard Bumüller @Degerfeld Airshow 2018
Engine Start, Takeoff and Display flight.
The Yakovlev Yak-3 (Russian: Я́ковлев Як-3) was a World War II Soviet fighter aircraft. Robust and easy to maintain, it was much liked by pilots and ground crew alike. It was one of the smallest and lightest major combat fighters fielded by any combatant during the war. Its high power-to-weight ratio gave it excellent performance. It proved a formidable dogfighter. Marcel Albert, World War II French ace, who flew the Yak in USSR with the Normandie-Niémen Group, considered it a superior aircraft when compared to the P-51D Mustang and the Supermarine Spitfire. After the war ended, it was flown by the Yugoslav and Polish Air Forces.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 8.5 m (27 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 9.2 m (30 ft 2 in)
Height: 2.39 m (7 ft 11 in)
Wing area: 14.85 m² (159.8 ft²)
Empty weight: 2,105 kg (4,640 lb)
Loaded weight: 2,692 kg (5,864 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Klimov VK-105PF-2 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 970 kW (1,300 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 655 km/h (407 mph)
Range: 650 km (405 miles)
Service ceiling: 10,700 m (35,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 18.5 m/s (3,645 ft/min)
Wing loading: 181 kg/m² (36.7 lb/ft²)
Power/mass: 0.36 kW/kg (0.22 hp/lb)
Armament
Guns:
1 × 20 mm ShVAK cannon, with 150 rounds
2 × 12.7 mm Berezin UBS machine guns with 170 rpg

[@alexanderreimer387]

That is a 1500 hp ALLISON with a four bladed Aeroproducts prop designed for the P63 KINGCOBRA...!!! Hottest Yak ever...!!!

[@FireflyActual]

That's not an airplane, it's an orchestra playing on 12 instruments!

[@Warbirds]

Nice 👌

[@Nikson325]

No

[@SubToTripleThreatRC]

Wow, what a beautiful Yak! Thanks for letting us see it in action, thumbs up!

[@Warbirds]

Thanks to you for commenting and watching

[@kyleb3754]

Beautiful plane, thanks for the upload!

[@stevenborham1584]

Finally get to see/hear this particular Yak alone. Another vid shows this and a 3 bladed yak together which is an interesting compare, but this example has an interesting and unique sound all on its own. A P-39/63 (same engine/prop roughly) has the isolated reduction gearbox and a different ratio to the engine so it doesn't sound alike. But when the yak really winds up in the dive it nearly does sound like the Hispano Suiza V-12 in the MS. 406, which it originally had more or less a licenced copy of.

[@drianmortiz9375]

Awesome sound of the engine of that wonderfully restored Historical and Valuable, Russian WW2 combat aircraft. Wonderful video.

[@skyfivehd643]

So awesome ... very good quality thanks

[@Warbirds]

Thx watching

[@ronlafitte6864]

Wow!! Beautiful plane, you can feel the power that it possesses! Thank you for such a great video presentation and a look back in time when we were all truly God’s children and we lived with truth and valor in our hearts.

[@leneanderthalien]

The Allison engine did sound very good, but the sound from the original Klimov 105 engine is a bit different, but none aircraft did now fly with the original Klimov because they are very rare and no parts available...Same thing with the Hispano Suiza Y12 (Dewoitine D520) who is the base engine from the klimov (USSR did buy the licence in France before the war), but one Morane D3800 (swiss made Morane 406, now under french colors) did fly with a Hispano Suiza Y12-77 (made under license by Saurer). The Y12 engine was nicknamed "moteur canon" (canon engine) because did integrate a 20mm Hispano Suiza 404 canon between the cylinders , firing through the propeller shaft was very reliable and accurate, but hold a only 60 shots magazine...The HS404 canon, modified to make it able to work in the wings, was use from many allied aircrafts...

[@eisenbahntraeumer]

Sehr schöne Aufnahmen! Daumen hoch :)

[@Warbirds]

Dank Dir

[@jbj27406]

Gorgeous airplane. Kind of a Russian P-51, you might say. There was one of these and a P-51 flying formation circuits at Seymour Johnson AFB a few years ago. Talk about music!

[@wa1ufo]

Wonderful!

[@Warbirds]

Thanks

[@705547]

Tolles Flugzeug ... von so einem nahen Vorbeirollen träumt doch der Warbirdfan 👍

[@Warbirds]

Ja absoluter Traum. Danke für Reinschauen !

[@Bernd109]

All I am missing is the third dimension in this display! :-)

[@zanegrey4720]

Nice yak 3 good aircraft.

[@1979Safar]

У Як-3 пропеллер трехлопастной! И все же неплохая модель самолета получилась.

[@vsn-po7zq]

моторчик поставили с большим крутящим моментом , от американца , вот и лишнюю лопатку тянет .

[@DugeHick]

Их на мустанги ставили, Alison1710

[@fear-is-a-token]

Климовский ВК-105 достать негде, пришлось поставить Эллисон в комплекте с четырёхлопастным винтом

[@Serpeant_1976]

@@vsn-po7zq а точно у Аллисона момент больше?) Подскажу - у него объем 28 литров, а у ВК-105ПФ2 - 35 литров ☝️ Число лопастей не показатель, кстати. Можно играться диаметром, шагом и шириной лопастей так, что трехлопастный винт будет более тяжелым, чем легкий четырехлопастной "свисток"

[@user-qu2jj1ec1x]

В 1993 г, в Оренбурге на машзаводе, выпустили 18 или 19 шт Як-3, для какого то фильма американского. Моторы устанавливали американские. Я учавствовал в их транспортировке.. Бортоператором летал.. Самолетами из Москвы их возили.. Пока летели общался с инженером из кб и испытателем .. Двигатели с консервации были, 1943 г выпуска.. На ящиках было написано.. Марку не помню.. Они на 19, по-моему, см длиннее штатного мотора.. Подгоняли .. Головной самолет несколько дней стоял на нашей стоянке.. облетывал испытатель из кб Яковлева прямо в аэропорту Оренбурга.. Думаю, этот из той партии.

[@PaddyPatrone]

So richtig wollte er auch dieses Jahr nicht, schade. Interessant wäre mal zu wissen, warum sich diese Yak anders anhört als andere Yak3`s mit gleichem Motor. Super Video!

[@Warbirds]

Ja irgendwie Halbgas und keine Figuren

[@Workerbee-zy5nx]

Where did yall find this rare bird? 12cyl sounds great.

[@nathanwilliams2152]

Of all the Soviet WWII single-engines fighters, (Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-9, MiG-3 and the LaGG-3) - which one was considered the most effective?

[@oneparticularharbor144]

Looks like they took the front half of a P51 and stuck it onto a Spitfire tail with a bit of P40 thrown in for good measure.... oh and a lend lease Allison engine tossed in as well.

[@marcwemmer4082]

Was ist denn das beste Flugplatzfest/Flugshow die man in Deutschland/Österreich besuchen kann?

[@Warbirds]

Hahnweide Flugshow 2019

[@natog_niitu]

❤

[@Tuleyne]

Great video; where was it shot?

[@Warbirds]

Thx Shot @ EDSA Albstadt

[@vasilsarayev]

Allison Allison. Пилотаж так сказать сельско-хозяйственный. Хотелось бы смотреть пилотаж в исполнении пилота-истребителя и с родным двигателем 107 или 108 от Климова, да и винтом.

[@user-tn4en6xf9e]

Нет летающих с такими движками.

[@vasilsarayev]

@@user-tn4en6xf9e Это я знаю что нет. Вот полно летающих заграничных "фронтовиков". Вы же не думаете сказать, что это родные самолёты 40-х годов, с моторами, планерами и винтами. Даже если в масле хранить у металла есть сроки старения. Что говорить о дереве или брезенте! Так вот, ни одного (моя уверенность) ни одного истребителя летающего тех лет нет. А что же тогда летает? - А вот копии и летают. НО, - настоящие копии! Я бы сам изготовил. Надеюсь те что разжирели, в конце концов да сделают настоящие копии Як-3/9, Ла-5/7. Ведь это истребители победы и не было им равных. Як-3 - истребитель полного пилотажного преимущества. Ну ладно, у нас хапуги и негодяи. Но вот французы, они ведь летали на Як-3. Практически все Як-3 шли в Нормандию-Неман. Могли бы и построить пару оригинальных копий этого Великого самолета. Что там делать!? Его на коленке в гараже собрать можно. Регламент производства наверняка где-то есть. Мотор 105/107/108 изготовить не составит проблем даже в условиях сельского ремзавода. Фанеру и винт в любой лодочной мастерской.

[@barbershoppodcast]

Trust me - as someone who lives right under the Canadian Warplane Heritage's flight-path - and has the Lancaster fly directly over as well as many other Merlin powered aircraft - THAT AINT NO MERLIN - ai's a liquid cooled 40's era supercharged 12 cylinder engine for gawds sake - they sound similar.

[@Warbirds]

Right its an Allison

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

I wonder if there are any airworthy yak-3's with the original V12 Klimovs. I would love to hear how that engine sounded.

[@dllmpb06]

No

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

@@dllmpb06 :(

[@FiveCentsPlease]

@@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39 No Russian V12s are flying at this time. There is a Yak-1 project for sale that includes a fresh Klimov V12 that is overhauled and ready when someone finished the build.

[@thelegendaryblackbeastofar39]

@@FiveCentsPlease Hopefully there will be some videos posted when it's complete.

[@dllyg_uncle_Izya]

Откуда у ЯК-3 четырёхлопастной винт???)

[@derrelcarter9401]

What is the performance with the Allison (which version?) and this prop?

[@Warbirds]

This is the 4-Blade Prop also found on the twin Mustang. The Allison V-1710 V12 engine produces approx. 1240hp. There is no YAK flying with the Klimow-WK-107A V12 having 1650 hp.

[@user-cx8xi2ci3k]

Very quick acceleration during take off because Yak is lighter than German, American and English WW2 fighters. Also Yak has very smooth aerodynamics.

[@DrewWithington]

And it has no guns, no ammunition and probably not that much fuel.

[@user-xb4zk2ul9e]

Lidia Litviak was fighting with Jak

[@albychainsaw80]

Mikulin am 38 ?

[@IsegrimSTP]

Wunderschön!!! Aber schade das sie ein Allison Triebwerk verwendet.

[@Warbirds]

Danke für deinen Kommentar

[@55Reever]

That dude should be at RENO!

[@Warbirds]

Oh yes

[@MrCrossbiker]

Die Yak-3 hatte aber einen 3 Blatt Propeller .

[@Warbirds]

Diese hat den 4-Blatt von der Twin Mustang - Tuning

[@alexanderreimer387]

If you guys want to see a 550 mph fly by ... the highly modified Mustangs, Strega,Dago Red, or VOODOO are the fastest piston engine airplanes in the world... but those speeds are possible only with million $$$ investments for 20 minutes of glory ... flown to the point of destruction... thats all they can take at 4800 hp..!,!😱🙄😳🤭

[@stanhathcoat920]

I do believe the radials dominated this year, 2 Pratt & Whitneys(R4360-Dreadnaught 1st, R2800 Argonaut 2nd) & a Centaurus, 924G, all in Sea Furies. Miss America, Mustang, was disqualified after ending up 2nd to Dreadnaught.

[@motoclonkdribblehead5423]

Is it a klimov or an Allison 1710?

[@Warbirds]

Allison

[@BrokenandRestored]

@@Warbirds. You are exactly right. The Allison engine out-performed any other engine in WWII. Used in the Spitfires and Mustangs. The Yak-3 version is certainly founded on the Spitfire platform, but without the wide elliptical wing of which doesn't make any sense to me under-performed. Also, they ran out of fuel much quicker than the Spitfires and Mustangs, even the Thunderbolts... What also amazes me is that the Russians decided to build their own variant rather than obtaining the new Spitfire MKIV's if I have that number right. Or maybe Britain didn't allow it. I don't know on the politics, just saying, the Yak 3 could have been even better. But, who cares, that was long ago anyway. LoL

[@drbichat5229]

@@BrokenandRestored Spitfires and Mustangs didn’t use Allison engines. Spitfires used Rolls Royce Merlins and Mustangs used Packard Merlins. Some early Mustangs used Allison engines but due to poor performance they moved to the Merlin. Allison engines were used in the P40, P38 and P39

[@hookmaster1109]

@@drbichat5229 No one likes facts...lol.

[@aurora-cj6ui]

@@BrokenandRestored now I know what dellirium looks like.

[@angelbreath6539]

Beautiful piece of reverse engineering. Top vid

[@Warbirds]

Thanks

[@sirboomsalot4902]

The reverse engineering of what exactly? Russia sure as heck didn’t have any P-51s to reverse engineer

[@angelbreath6539]

Sir Boomsalot thank you sir pedantic

[@aurora-cj6ui]

@@sirboomsalot4902 they still don't know that the future Yak was born 1 year before the future Stang.

[@stacylostcoast2751]

^-^ Як - 3

[@barbarybar]

What engine ?

[@Warbirds]

Allison

[@cbz3237]

@@Warbirds :( I keep looking for a video that shows the original Klimov sound but no luck

[@Warbirds]

@@cbz3237 really hard to find... i know one plane that still has the klimov engine but i only have recorded some short sequences of it. Maybe i got more luck this year

[@DumbledoreMcCracken]

The landing is the most important part. No landing here?

[@Warbirds]

He flew Home

[@billfrederickfrederick2791]

Sure looks like a p-51 with rounded wing tips and rounded fin and stabilizer

[@aurora-cj6ui]

In real reality it was the other way round.

[@Kshahdoo67]

Doesn't look like authentic. WW2 yak-3 had 3 blade propeller not 4.

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

Sure sounds like a Merlin....is it? or does it actually have a Russian engine?

[@Warbirds]

I Need to ask the owner

[@Warbirds]

Asked for more info: its an allison with prop of the twin Mustang

[@bruceparr1678]

It is a pity the Yak 3 did not have the AM42 engine. 2800 cu" and 2000hp.

[@Warbirds]

True pity yes

[@bruceparr1678]

Talking about the AM42, Is their any vid of IL2's?@@Warbirds

[@aurora-cj6ui]

it had a ASh-82 with 1850. Yak-3 was not deigned for big and heavy engines. They would only spoil the perfect balance.

[@gudifun1]

Bubi hat´s runtergeholt wie die Mücken...

[@Warbirds]

?

[@fotv8]

Yaks were built to have what I call "rough elegance". Maybe not the prettiest girl at the dance, but for certain she's the one you want on your wing when the sh*t starts to fly.

[@Warbirds]

wise words

[@asilfan]

The yak 3 was a bad bird, it took most of the brunt of the luftwaffe and broke its back.

[@user-uj4of7il7f]

The best aircraft of ww2....powered klimov engine....

[@Mr_Twister77]

Sad, but nowdays we only can hear sounds of Lycoming engins on replicas of soviet WW2 fighters equped line engins, there is no one autentic Vk-105 or Vk-107 in the world for today!((

[@Warbirds]

There no Engines to find on the market . Maybe those Engines werent reliable enough

[@FiveCentsPlease]

+Matvey Aliferenko Aero Vintage Spares had a running Klimov M-105 engine for sale with a Yak-1 project. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKvGcpaZg7GAm9k And they also had a second (looks to be an NOS crated) M-105 engine available and it is now sold.

[@aurora-cj6ui]

@@Warbirds according to real life experience Klimov 105 was much more reliable than Roys and Allison.

[@semiauto3148]

Sounds awesome. But Corsair sounds better IMO

[@A_Chicago_Man]

Yak attacks! Mmmmmm Mmmmmmm lol : )

[@ronmartin3755]

I do not know what engine this Yak 3 has in it but it isn't a Soviet-made engine! It is most likely an Allison or even maybe a Rolls Merlin.

[@Warbirds]

Its an Allison

[@ronmartin3755]

@@Warbirds Yeah. it does sound like it. I wonder how fast this thing would be if it had a Merlin in it that had been updated to more than 3000 HP Like Strega?

[@Warbirds]

@@ronmartin3755 it would break into 1000 parts

[@tomfey6020]

Aeroprop!

[@Warbirds]

4 Blade with V12 Allison

[@tomfey6020]

I'm guesing T-28 A422 blades n the hub, so approx. 10 foot diameter.

[@rcpilot9963]

Evil empire plane but looks beautifull.

[@Warbirds]

Yes 🙌

[@user-xb4zk2ul9e]

Jak won the war

[@steveholmes5207]

The majority of these especially in America are fitted with the allison V 12 from the say the P 40 they are just a far superior more reliable engine than the Russian power plant

[@Warbirds]

and you wont find a klimov engine anymore

[@steveholmes5207]

@@Warbirds which is a shame so good to have original parts but just good to see these old war birds flying and anyway this achieved that has got to be good

[@asilfan]

I believe the original klimov was more powerful than any engine of the era.

[@19Koty96]

@@asilfan Engines of the time had more or less the same performance. By the end of the war, the VK-105 and 7 were lagging behind in terms of raw power, but they were also lighter than the new Griffon. In those terms they were less efficient, but in theory could be pushed much further. They ran into cooling problems however. They also needed to keep the engines running for years, after the war, so they tuned VK-107A down to 1500 HP @ 3000 RPM.

[@daniel1982641]

The Soviet Union's P-51 Mustang

[@Warbirds]

True

[@busterpiggle]

Sounds like a Merlin engine to me.

[@Warbirds]

Nah its a Allison

[@pierrebroccoli.9396]

Lovely plane, up there with a Spit but pity it is not with its original Soviet Engine.

[@Warbirds]

Thanks watching

[@asilfan]

Pity indeed sr.

[@Fuga_ad_astra]

Engine crafted by England, not USSR

[@barryscott6222]

Pretty Except for the tail - never could love the shape of the tail...

[@stevenvaldivieso8844]

Looks a lot like a p51

[@Warbirds]

Some way

[@marcoghidella7222]

That propeller ..mmmh i don't think is original

[@Warbirds]

No it’s not original

[@ryankc3631]

P-51ski

[@elner934]

Its a Yak-51

[@Warbirds]

lol no

[@elner934]

@@Warbirds went over someone's head didn't it?

[@chaosbreaker657]

More like a P-51 mated with a P-40 in Russia. Looks pretty cool though.

[@ER-ul5rm]

Looks like the "Yak" is a Russians copy of the P-51.

[@leneanderthalien]

no the Yak 1 , 3 and 9 was based on french designs, like the Dewoitine D520 and the Arsenal VG 33 who had both a belly radiator and was very agile...The Klimov 105 engine is derived from they engine (Hispano Suiza Y12), very specific because had a 20mm Canon in the propeller shaft...

[@MrCrossbiker]

A DB 605 sounds better.

[@leneanderthalien]

not better, only different...

[@PurpleDreki]

Cross between P-39, P-40, Spitfire, and P-51...

[@paulrward]

The P-51D could fly 30 km/h faster, 2000 m higher, and had a range of 1200 km on internal fuel, and over 2000 km with drop tanks. It also carried an armament with 50 % greater weight of fire, and had a gyro-lead computing gunsight, and the pilot was equipped with an oxygen system that had over 6 hours of breathable oxygen. The Yak 9 defeated the Luftwaffe over Russia. THE P-51 DEFEATED THE LUFTWAFFE OVER BERLIN ! !

[@yurycz8933]

In the video, the Yak 3 , the P-51D escort fighter, the Yaks are front-line fighters, and they generally defeated the Luftwaffe. Learn history.

[@clayvillanueva2128]

Wooww still the best Yak 3 is so agile bird ...Russian is 1

[@Warbirds]

Thanks watching

[@igorkononchukdream]

Brave Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@Darth_Vader_ru]

козлы поставили винт на 4 лопасти в оригинале их было 3