VTOL Aircraft

The advent of the jet era presented a new set of problems to the designers and manufacturers of naval aircraft. As jets needed longer runways, engineers were forced to outfit carriers with complicated and expensive systems for assisted take-off and landing. Even in the late 1950s, contemporary aircraft catapults still left much to be desired - and that’s why major powers of the world started developing VTOL tech - or aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities. Two countries that achieved exceptional results in that race were the UK and the USSR, and so War Thunder features the aircraft of the Harrier family (available in the British and the American tech trees), and the Yak-38 (found in the Soviet tech tree). Today we’re going to talk about the ways you can unlock the full potential of those unique aircraft!
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[@Cpt_Wolf]

Harriers overheat at 100% engine thrust. Both Yak's are basically flying bricks, that yes can get to Mach 1 speed in arcade, but simply stay there with transition effect still on your screen, therefore constantly blocking your vision. Few things Gaijin forgot to mention.

[@cheesedood5313]

Ive gone mach 1 in realstic, flying 5 meters above the sea

[@integ3r]

There's no law saying that throttle MUST BE at 100% at all times. The 90% spot works just fine. Just pretend 90% is 100%. And 100% is actually 110%.

[@wdkpwr6586]

Yak-38 was capable only of transonic flight in reality so its correct in the game and uncorrect in the video :D

[@TarnishUK]

The Harrier engine overheating is an issue in the hover, not forward flight. The aircraft has an internal tank of demineralised water for cooling in the hover.

[@MadSolarV2]

Its actually correct for the Harriers to overheat, 100% throttle and WEP were reserved for S/VTOL and emergency situations. Cruise would be under %100

[@venatorn]

Glory to those brave yak-38 players

[@CristianMarchese]

WE VENA

[@SomewhatSummarized]

I swear yak 38 was a test to add the mig 25. Crazy acceleration, great missiles, turns like a brick. Clearly gaijin decided it was a bad idea. (I bought yak 38 and it is still close to the worst jet I have played)

[@imfine0_0]

Thank you god bless you

[@yajamanvamsikrishna509]

@@SomewhatSummarized good in ground rb. With the 4 s24 with ballistic computer 4 kills gaurenteed lol

[@cheesedood5313]

Its probably the jet i got the most kills in, i have 2 gun pods plus the one under the aircraft and 2 R60s i can take down atleast 2 aircraft each match

[@Buledde]

I just love how the AI yak 38´s are crashing into the ground one by one after a ground attack run.

[@KokotoHero-N3]

The AV8 in 10.0 US ground RB is some of the most fun you can have with Zuni's, get in, dump the 16 into 3-4 ez kills, get to the nearest heli pad to re-arm and right back into the action in less than 30 seconds.

[@arcturus960]

Harrier at 10.0 with no flares and extremely short range AAMs

[@thelittlebeaver6080]

Or a British harrier

[@ryangoslingIRL]

@@thelittlebeaver6080 IDK if the british one has Zunis

[@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150]

@@arcturus960 AV8 litterally has flares?

[@arcturus960]

@@bobsjepanzerkampfwagen4150 I’m not talking about the AV-8C that is at 9.7 I’m talking about the Harrier GR.1 in Britian

[@ghrage0013]

Used the 4 SRAAMs on the GR.1 to counter all-aspect missiles found on the A-10s and the SU-25 as well as radar guided missiles, the latter being a bit more tricky. It feels awesome!😎

[@DelinaSilence]

Indeed, same goes for the Hunter F.6 - using SRAAMs as hard-kill protection is so stupidly hilarious

[@thelittlebeaver6080]

@@DelinaSilence But the hunter was made in the 50s and was still in use in the 90s

[@snugglecity3500]

@@DelinaSilence do you have any hunter f6 tips. Just got it to research the phantom faster as I already have the sl for it.

[@BTaylor1802]

Did you mention that the Harrier laser targeting is bugged with the targeting pod? Didn't think so.

[@thatgreenneko]

this is the GR.7 right?

[@bootlegpete7984]

I know like goddam its been months now and still no fix... It's literally a game breaker.

[@BTaylor1802]

@@thatgreenneko Correct

[@louispenn9253]

@@thatgreenneko ah yes the "definitive" variant

[@g3arjammer837]

Hopefully Yak-41 (Yak-141) soon. Love that thing

[@planeya3776]

No chance, it qas only used for testing, wasnt in service

[@muki3856]

@@planeya3776 Fun Fact: As unbelieveably as it sound, americas stole the vtol design from yak 141 and applied it to F35 (not any hate towars americans, commies stole a lot of their designs too)

[@velvetthunder96]

@@planeya3776 so what? A good portion of tech tree vehicles are experimental, and most of the premium planes on the USA tree for example are experimentals and prototypes (note the X or Y in the name, like the tank XM-1 GM/Chrysler.)

[@imafraud7413]

@@planeya3776 tons of vehicles in game were in testing only. The parameters for adding vehicles in game is that there has to be at least one fully built model irl.

[@imafraud7413]

@@planeya3776 tons of vehicles in game were in testing only. The parameters for adding vehicles in game is that there has to be at least one fully built model irl.

[@TarnishUK]

Ridiculous to me that the SRAAM was ever included on the Harrier. It never entered service with the RAF or RN. The RAF GR1 and GR3 were close support aircraft so they only rarely carried Sidewinders, payload usually being a mix of 68mm SNEB rockets, 540lb or 1000lb bombs or BL755 Cluster Bombs. God knows what that GR3 is doing in an early 2000s all black Royal Navy training finish.

[@andreyoung8732]

When Yak 141?

[@g3arjammer837]

Agreed

[@integ3r]

Flying harriers is some of the most fun I've had in this game. Great plane with a great gimmick.

[@Tubeinnit]

Do they come with the game or do i need to buy them as dlc? I'm new to war thunder, thanks/

[@Tubeinnit]

@@Hjiopyu ok thanks

[@therealavenger3537]

Are we ever going to see some of the newer generation VTOLs? Example: Yak-141 (for Russia), and AV-8B Harrier II (for USA and Italy)

[@theonewhocheekibreeki8963]

Unfortunately yak-141 i dont think was finished i mean it flew but there was something wrong with the vtol i think

[@wardogleader3200]

@@theonewhocheekibreeki8963 the thing wrong was the fall of the URSS

[@stareintothykingpig3140]

@@wardogleader3200 Yak-141 or Yak-41 is the reason why we have the F35

[@astonrichardson5288]

Ahh the Harrier :) one of my favourite British planes! What it lacks in speed and manoeuvrability, it makes up for in firepower

[@thelittlebeaver6080]

it was in use for 40 years from the 50s to 90s

[@jasoncp3257]

@@thelittlebeaver6080 you're a decade to early for both 1966 - 2010

[@lucythevelociraptor]

I suppose the harrier GR.1 part must have been recorded back in 2020, as the GR.1 is no longer as lethal as it used to be, because of two infamous ground-attack aircraft

[@alpha-0874]

Let me guess, AV-8B Harrier II next year?

[@NeoCambodia]

When will the yak-141 come to the game, if it’s going to be in the game then what update are you going to put it in after apex predator update?

[@hyrikul602]

The Mirage III V would have been one of the fastest VTOLs if it was in the game

[@MechaG2]

Awesome! Love these planes. ❤ Would love to see the Sea Harrier FA.2, Harrier GR.9A, AV-8B Harrier II, AV-8B Harrier II Plus, and the Yak-141 eventually make their way into War Thunder. 🤞

[@aidan9411]

Yak-141, you mean the F-35B

[@MechaG2]

@@aidan9411 I really meant YF-23. :P

[@groucho1080p]

i hope they add the italian harriers

[@AUsernameWeShallMarchToKiev]

I mean the Yak-141 doesn’t exist, the actual aircraft is called the Yak-41, with the designation “Yak-141” being made up by Soviet authorities in order to register the aircraft with the FAI and for presentation at the Paris Air Show. Then, of course, after the deal with Lockheed Martin, the Yak-41 was renamed to the Yak-141, further complicating the aircraft’s actual name.

[@TomPrickVixen]

Hmm... once on Seversk-13 I landed my GR.3 on the top of the roof of that school building (B cap in domination) and captured it. There were only 3 of my team (with me) and 5 enemy players left, so it was an already a lost game. I turned off the engine after landing to be silent, and it was so funny to watch how 4 MBTs running circles around that building, trying to figure out why they can't capture that last point. No; I had no payload!

[@Ghost-tw7xw]

They forgot to mention the yak 38 premium can carry up to 4 r60 at br 9.3

[@imafraud7413]

Both can

[@ronaldthompson4989]

Now. 48 hours ago not so much

[@IronBridge1781]

Actually It can only carry two, still absurd at that B.R but not as bad.

[@Ghost-tw7xw]

@@IronBridge1781 I'm still using it with 4 lol

[@IronBridge1781]

@@Ghost-tw7xw Was there a glitch or something?

[@minhmeo9506]

Dear Gaijin, I need Yak-141 please 🥺🙇‍♂

[@stefanrontu1518]

question: Will the WT team update in the future the modes: single missions, dynamic campaign and historical campaign?

[@xxxm981]

Nah, no money in that.

[@AbsolutVDK927]

When will the vegetation be updated? ;/

[@JoeSmith-zv4ic]

Love the harrier, Love it in sim.. Thankyou for the less potent AAA I'm back flying my harriers. One quibble.. The lack of IFF in top tier makes it unplayable as a fighter

[@smittty7343]

Hope to see the AV-8B next update

[@louispenn9253]

So many incorrect points in this video. The harrier was designed to fly from FARPs and avoid relying on the operation of airfields as they're easy targets. Also the GR.7 was not definitive, that goes to the GR.9

[@Coldbenchwarmer]

I decided to grind out the Su-25 instead of the Yak-38, should’ve grinder for the Yak-38?

[@bjorngardbring6561]

why is the game pay to win whit 30g -35g missiels in 10.0 when they meet stuf whit no flares fix your game you guys are hella ritch whit all the pay to win

[@ellinecockburn2601]

Why wasn't the Sea Harrier talked about as well?

[@yourlocalretard5893]

The video was prolly made before this update and uplaoded late

[@tegilo2212]

Please Gaijin remove new RB indicators in ground battles, doesnt fit at all.

[@anthonyfeng6180]

"two counties that achieve the exceptional results in that result were the UK and the USSR" US, Lockheed Martin , & F-35 : We're waiting for rank 9 to come in

[@ronaldthompson4989]

Lockheed are such dicks. 1991 soviet union collapses Yak, looking for replacement funding, partners with Lockheed, who then learn of the Yak-41 supersonic VTOL under development. 1992: partnership ended by Lockheed who announces the XF-35 project that just happens to be built arround the exact same powertrain as the Yak-41, but has nothing to do with it I swear, see, we spent 3 decades making it stealth, clearly not ripped off.

[@jamiegrant6204]

Wasn’t the F35Bs stovl and vtol systems developed by BAE and rolls Royce tho?

[@AUsernameWeShallMarchToKiev]

@@jamiegrant6204 Yakovlev designed (or helped design) part of the VTOL mechanism of the F-35, but other than that, the plane is pretty much pure American.

[@rexxmen]

@@AUsernameWeShallMarchToKiev and I think the vtol is still different to what the Russians used. Like the f35 uses a engine powered fan for lift and the yak uses direct engine exhaust for loft

[@lucadimarco1388]

War thunder when will you add the MiG 25 foxbat?

[@CatWarThunder]

I was playing with the GR.1 when an enemy tried to intercept me as I was heading for the bombing bases and I pulled up hard using VTOL and managed to out turn him, get a missile off and kill him

[@thelittlebeaver6080]

One time I was falling after having a rocket explode near me and vectored the engines to stop me right above the ocean

[@gandalfderfette3105]

Ah yes, the GR7 can carry more precision ammo than the tornado ids 😂

[@Grunt_11Hotel]

Any idea if/when the US can get the McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II? Italy used it also, as well as Spain.

[@nathanielkulick9588]

We just not gonna talk about the sea harrier?

[@therealavenger3537]

This video was recorded before the Apex Predators update came out, and was uploaded later...

[@Etxnic]

hinted the yak141 2 months ago and we didnt have a clue

[@cat8766]

Q: yak-141 When?

[@harriermk2]

Dog fight in aHarrier gt7. Vs a f16 and f5c,

[@SeaHawkGR.1]

Is it just me or does anyone else pronounce it *esram*

[@rafikamil1230]

Will the US get the Harrier II Variants?

[@therealavenger3537]

Yes, america and italy will get their AV-8Bs.

[@bounty_3589]

harrier gr.1 br.10 ? u dump @gayjin ?

[@nathansolorio7181]

I need my AV8B.

[@monke6915]

Gaijin is the warthunder edge actually real

[@RogueBeatsARG]

Add wing low pressure vapor

[@trollking7046]

Fast helicopter go brr

[@4_youtube_is_dead]

lol

[@mariocantu1669]

Harrier gr1 can now carry 5 1 thousand pound bombs

[@errornamenotfound2513]

Do gaijin even know that *to this day* UK is still stuck playing FGR2/FG1 with *AIM9Gs* as their *Only Top Tier FIGHTER* and now is against F-16 and Mig-29

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

Gaijin: you get Tornado.

[@errornamenotfound2513]

@@nicolaspeigne1429 more like "u get a DOA Strike Aircraft that should have been added a year ago"

[@SomewhatSummarized]

You act like aim 9gs are bad 💀

[@planeya3776]

@@errornamenotfound2513 we are gonna get adv which is better than f16+mig29 at same time, and also we have the gr7 which is better than fg1/fgr2

[@ging3r333]

I can still clap in the FGR2 but it's getting more difficult as the amount of players with gen4 grows. We needed the ADV now and not in the next patch.

[@howthats9774]

❤😂😂🎉🎉😢😮😅

[@blocky_luke]

Man thats so cool if only i had the harrier

[@thephantom2man]

Just saying, in game the harrier GR1 can carry 5x1000lb bombs

[@yourlocalretard5893]

Gr3 too

[@WildMirage2000]

Now let's wait for the F 35B

[@tvz_luigi3233]

A lot of times after I dumped all my munitions instead of flying back to base I would instead go a cap points in my Harrier

[@ddwm_]

Where is the British guy :(

[@nathanwells4809]

Yak-141 confirmed

[@marleenthart2521]

Where is the yak 141?

[@btbd2785]

Yak 38 was not as successful as the Harrier. Yak 38 in thie game performed much better than real like aircraft!. To bad the YAK-41 which was a fantastic aircraft didn't get to be produced and evolve. Instead US bought It to produce the FAN JET engine of the F35.

[@Dark_is_the_night-Topic39]

How do I to vtol take of in a TEST FLIGHT (my B.R is 3.4) with a AV-8A premium (I don’t own premium) and I play on console

[@BlindGuardianCz]

You have to be kidding me.. GR1 most dangerous? :D :D .. LOOOOOOL have you played any games with it recently?

[@matej1016]

Fun fact gaijin SRAAM missile was only experimental and it should be use in case of war and Harrier GR1 should have AIM-9Gs so you are wrong

[@GeoDracu]

Harrier GR.1 is a joke right now, it got put at 10.0 with no countermeasures and overall worse missiles while so many better planes are even lower in BR. It should at least go back to 9.7 like the AV-8 which is overall a better aircraft, has countermeasures and better missiles.

[@jaidenheger20005]

the harrier gr.1 is the most dangerous one of the series….BRUH NO, it gets slapped all the time especially if u r as unlucky as me and get F-4s+ and MiG-23s

[@thecowboyfromcali]

IDK if WT will ever patch this, or if there's a better explanation, but Sidam 25 IRST cannot lock at night.

[@eretuev]

Guys make economics at top tier more playable. I Have all planes open but im not going to spend any $ on them because they ridiculous expensive in SL to repair. If they was cheap in repair i would spend real money to get it. Now YOU have lots of models players dont play and dont buy due to expensive repair cost.

[@lonelyone69]

You shouldn't really call the yak 38 VTOL more VSTOL. It had worse stability than harrier 1 and so they rarely used it for VTOL.

[@bricklingtonlego]

Harriers are my all time favourite jet plane. The Gr. 1 was my favourite Christmas present!!

[@kgb1632]

They should add a yak-141 which is exceptionally better than the harrier and 3x better than it’s predecessor yak-38

[@pioneer_1148]

Considering the yak-38 can't use thrust vectoring in flight and that aircraft carriers are rarely present in games and almost never used when they are the Yak-38's VTOL is pretty pointless

[@singletrack4956]

Hey guys Where's the old voice commentator The one that sounded like David Attenborough?

[@thecharioteer-defenceachar3078]

Gaijib, when are you gonna give us a sale for vehicle packs in the Gaijin store? For Christmas obviously...

[@nicos1097]

Thanks for nerfing the F-16 and MiG 29 into the ground for the live server without telling anyone.

[@dredaashi7169]

Good to see WT geting new content. sadly most players wont be able to reach that tier. I will keep playing arma and other open sandbox games rather than grinding for hours for a virtual vehicle

[@Howl-Runner]

I'd rather grind for years for a virtual vehicle then another minute of Arma I absolutely don't find Arma fun at all.

[@tanukikobayashi]

So probably f35 will come right? In the next decade?

[@superiorbear6382]

German already planned it first Don’t made it but was planned heavily

[@thisconnectd]

Who wrote this? Only M yak has gun? Do they even play the game? Cant vector in flight? They can use front engines to climb faster then harriers

[@catzel1ps452]

Meh forced tutorial was a huge turn off. Genius move to try and force commitment before the player has even tried their first game. Idk why devs gimp themselves

[@ScoutTrooperOfficial]

Hope y'all enjoyed the hard work I put into this vid 😊

[@bewee2216]

Get blown up by radar missiles from BWR. Play for max 3-4 minutes then your team or the enemy team is dead.

[@enclaveremnantdio8686]

I wonder when they're gonna add the AV-8B Harrier II since they're finally releasing 4th gen fighters

[@mr.miyagi881]

When I test fly the premium harriers they just do a backflip when I got vtol

[@fameuzko6000]

Gimme cookie

[@jackparker2754]

🍪

[@sealioso]

🍪

[@fameuzko6000]

Thsnks

[@sealioso]

@@fameuzko6000 welcme

[@МаркМакарич]

Русский канал лучше

[@fishingninja]

VTOL aircraft are basically helicopters with wings

[@cjaydustie1867]

Of course America gets it too. America as a nation has become the new ‘Russian bias’. Gaijin catering the the burger eating big spenders.

[@archangeltheexecutioner6816]

Just recently I shot down an av8 using an av8 with zuni rockets

[@AstroGamer_da_real]

You fogot to mention that the Harrier Gr.7 can carry AIM-9M AAMs

[@edgy_dabs9167]

scored 5 air kills in one match in the Yak38M before it was given two extra missiles

[@grimlockamusking9484]

Hey war thunder How do you use the KA-50's vikhr missiles on PS4

[@dulguunjargal1199]

Still doesn't change the fact that there are 51 Posts made on the Rule 34 site with the tag War_thunder

[@Tsirkon]

wenomechainsama

[@BellTactical]

I killed a mig 21 about a mountain ago in the American harrier using thrust vectoring

[@tungstenleaf6088]

I know this is not the place to ask but I need to, I was ban, I don't know why and I really want to know how to get unban. Gijin please answer

[@Random_scug]

Definitely getting sone to get gaijined and what I mean is I rammed them with my wings did they crash yes did I still have both of my wings yes

[@TheCoughingCore]

manouver killed an F-5 in my trusty GR.3

[@dulguunch089]

Really want the yak38 but im broke and i dont have much time to play as well

[@mrvortex____9125]

Why did you take out the Yak-38? and still have the Yak-38M

[@jomni]

I landed with no tail. in hover mode. And yes. Landed on helipads to rearm too.

[@A123-i6p]

dear gaijin give some love to japan we want j2m4 kai back for sale

[@saltymain]

Are we not gonna talk about how the SRAAMS have seizures when they are shot?

[@sturmovik_80]

Will we get the Yak-141 also in War Thunder?