Yak-44E on Project 1143.7 "Ul'yanovsk" TAKR
On November 25, 1988 the first unit of the atomic TAKR of Project 1143.7 ("order 107", later with the laying name "Ul'yanovsk") was laid down, with a ramp and catapult takeoff for aircraft. On board "Ul'yanovsk" had to be mixed the increased park of aircraft, including 6 RLDN aircraft.
In September 1988. OKB A.S.Yakovlev prepared the preliminary design of the new version of aircraft Yak-44E. On the sums of its examination in January 1989 was accepted decision by the CC CPSU and S of the USSR about the creation of multipurpose aircraft RLDN Yak-44E with RTK E-700, equipped with two D-27 TVVD, and about the development by its base of other modifications of ship and airport basing. The building of prototype Yak-44E and its series production was charged to the Tashkent aviation production association im. V.P.Chkalova [TAPOiCh]. It was planned that the Yak-44E would subsequently be supplied to the VVS.
In June 1989 OKB A.S.Yakovlev began working the design and preparation for building of prototypes Yak-44E. They prepared full-scale construction-engineering aircraft scale model and its model to scale 1:5 for radio-technical studies. For the D-27 TVVD flight tests, and Yak-44E it had to become the first in the world aircraft with this type of power plant, was created flying laboratory Yak-42LL. In 1988-1991 at TsAGI (Central Institute of Aerohydrodynamics im. N Ye Zhukovskiy) conducted studies with respect to dynamics of carrier-based aircraft Yak-44RLD and providing safety with the takeoff with the use of a springboard. Tests were successfully conducted on the ground-based test complex on control of prelanding maneuvering and landing group and three aircraft - two MiG-29 and one An-24 (imitator of aircraft Yak-44[E]).
In January 1990 the protection of draft-engineering project and aircraft scale model Yak-44E took place. According to the fundamental technical characteristics it substantially exceeded the last modifications of only in the world American ship aircraft DRLO E-2S with catapult takeoff. In the same year building the first flying model began. The cockpit and the middle part of the fuselage began to be fabricated at the experimental production OKB, the radome was made with the Ulyanov aviation production association, and the wing at Ulan-Ude.
The autumn of 1991 saw the successful defense of the design of the land counterpart of the aircraft with the considerably long time of bombardment and the improved characteristics. Practically simultaneously with the work along the aircraft RLDN began the study of its antisubmarine version - Yak-44PLO, that was ended by the development of preliminary design. The calculated effectiveness of this aircraft corresponded to the given one in the Technical Requirements [TTZ] and it made it possible to organize reliable defense from the multipurpose submarines, armed with "Tomahawk" missile.
After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, because of the reduction of financing further works but to aircraft Yak-44[E] were slowed down, and in 1992 ; after the curtailment of building the TAKR "Ul'yanovsk", stopped in the stage the productions of experimental aircraft for the flight tests.
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