Yakovlev Yak-141 supersonic VTOL

Name: Yak141 Freestyle ( 1990 )

Constructor: Yakovlev

Armament: 1 cannon 30 mm

2600 kg max payload

Max Speed: 1800 km/h

Ceiling: +15000 m

Length: 18m30

height: 5m00

Weight Max: 19500 kg

Range: 2100 km

Span: 10m10

Crew: 1

Engines: 1 (+2)

Looks good!

An interesting aircraft (don't you think it resembles an F-22?) and another milestone on the road to the collapse of Russia's military.
The Freestyle was the Yak-41 and that name and Yak-141 appear to be almost interchangeable ( the prototypes were definitely -41 and -141 may reflect a new development approach to the old airframe.)
One of the prototypes crashed and the other was long ago mothballed (money). It set some remarkable VTOL records in 1991 but little known since.
It was going to be among the various aircraft the Russians tried adapting to carrier service; but with the navy in ruins -not much mileage there. Not that the avrious "modified" aircraft were much good: it's pretty well known that the first time the modified Mig-29K tried an arrester-hook landing, the plane broke in two!
It's been reported in the aviation press that they're thinking of re-jigging it for an Army/Air Force role but I suspect it's another dead duck, by now.

I share your opinion Estragon.Except for the " looking like F-22 Raptor ".

Where did you see that he was looking like an F-22 ?

my F-22 remark was based on the "mock-ups" that were released when Yakovlev offered a "definite" 141 to the international market.
Search "141+ India" or something similar and you might see the comparison.

originally posted by: Estragon
An interesting aircraft (don't you think it resembles an F-22?) and another milestone on the road to the collapse of Russia's military.
The Freestyle was the Yak-41 and that name and Yak-141 appear to be almost interchangeable ( the prototypes were definitely -41 and -141 may reflect a new development approach to the old airframe.)
One of the prototypes crashed and the other was long ago mothballed (money). It set some remarkable VTOL records in 1991 but little known since.
It was going to be among the various aircraft the Russians tried adapting to carrier service; but with the navy in ruins -not much mileage there. Not that the avrious "modified" aircraft were much good: it's pretty well known that the first time the modified Mig-29K tried an arrester-hook landing, the plane broke in two!
It's been reported in the aviation press that they're thinking of re-jigging it for an Army/Air Force role but I suspect it's another dead duck, by now.

When the USSR dissolved, Lockheed eventually teamed up with Yakovlev to provide funding for the Yak-41 program, and Yakovlev announced that it reached an agreement with Lockheed for funds of $385 to $400 million for three new prototypes and an additional static test aircraft to test improvements in design and avionics. Although the deal did not materialize, Lockheed Martin would later use some of the technology for the Yak-41, namely the VTOL propulsion system, to influence design of the hybrid vectored thrust powerplant for the F-35B variant of the F-35, the winner of the Joint Strike Fighter competition.