Thanks for info Niall,
I will keep it in mind if I choose to do either a Russian or PLA carrier to use up some of these spare Migs etc I am acculating.
I think the model I am rebuilding is a bit older for this modern radar as looking at info the radar and systems seem in scale and not too bad.
My Kieve is all masked up and reworking the complete colour scheme, flight deck markings and colour schemes and also all upper decks.
Aircraft and Helicopters have been marked in Ebay as posted so they should not be too long in arriving.
I have a complete listing now haha of all correct colour schemes, boy did they try a few out with these Kiev's and aircraft but i have finally settled for one which apparently she came into life with so I will keep her as that.
I thought i would give some specs on the YAK aircraft as part of this rebuild also.
Specifications for the Yakovlev Yak-38
Length: 50 ft 1 in
Wingspan: 24 ft
Height: 14 ft 5 in
Wing area: 199 ft²
Empty weight: 16,281 lb
Max takeoff weight: 28,700 lb
Powerplant: 1 x Tumansky R-28 V-300
turbojet, 15,000 lbf
Powerplant: 2× Rybinsk RD-38 turbojets,
7,870 lbf each
Performance
Maximum speed: 795 mph
Range: 807 miles
Service ceiling: 36,089 ft
Rate of climb: 14,760 ft/min
Armament
Guns:
GSh-23L 23mm gun pod (GP-9).
This gun could be carried in one or
two PUK-23-250 pods fixed under
the external pylons of wings.
Bombs:
2x FAB-500 or 4x FAB-250 under
pylons, two incendiary ZB-500, or
2x nuclear tactical RN-28.
Rockets:
various types of rockets
(up to 240 mm).
Missiles:
2x anti-ship or air-to-surface Kh-23.
Each missile weighed 628 lbs,
was radio controlled and had
6 miles of range. The
Kh-23 requires a guidance pod
on one of the pylons. R-60 or
R-60M air-to-air missiles could
be carried under the external pylons.
Other:
external tanks.
A: The 'Forger' had a system to automatically eject the pilot if the engine stopped while the thrust was angled below the horizontal. B: A hinged door opened behind the cockpit to feed air to the lift jets, which exhausted out of a hatch at the bottom. C: The Yak-38 was very basically equipped, with only a simple weapons sight and no radar or radar warning systems.
D: The Yak-38 came as something of a surprise to NATO, first appearing in the Mediterranean in the summer of 1976 aboard the carrier Kiev. E: Although intended only for vertical take-offs and landings, the 'Forger' had double-slotted flaps and a braking parachute. F: The Rybinsk RD-38 turbojet lift engines on the Yak-38 were very susceptible to ingestion of exhaust gases back into the engine which would cause them to shut down, or lose power.
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