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Title: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: ChristianK on January 09, 2022, 04:50:53 PM Gentlemen,
have you ever seen any good views of the MG-installation in the Yak-3 fuselage, like directly from above or from some similar angle? I have found next to nothing in my books or on the internet... Cheers, Christian Title: Re: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: John Thompson on January 10, 2022, 03:28:06 PM I went through my saved Yak-3 images, but found nothing. While some Yak-3's had one machine gun, I believe most had two. The Yak-9 had only one; the Yak-1, two. Will Yak-1 images help? I haven't looked through those yet; let me know if that would help, if I can find anything - no promises!
John Title: Re: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: ChristianK on January 10, 2022, 04:20:26 PM Thanks John, but it would have to be an image of a Yak-3. And yes, photos like these are surprisingly hard to come by. There a some good images of the "naked" engine area from the Le Bourget example, but no top views as far as i know :(
Title: Re: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: righidan on January 10, 2022, 06:46:50 PM Hope this helps.
It is an image from page 40 of the 2011 book Эксмо - Як-3. Истребитель Победа by N. Yakubovich. It has a caption that roughly translates: " View of the power plant from above with the hood of the Yak-3 VK-107A removed with screws AV-10p-20 and VISH-YU7LO, issue head No. 115, which passed state tests from February 7 to May 15, 1944: a - the casing of the internal exhaust manifolds; b - the air outlet cooling the internal exhaust manifolds; c - a pipe supplying air for blowing internal candles" Hope it is what you need. Regards Daniele (https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51812978374_72da9e9fbf_z.jpg) Title: Re: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: ChristianK on January 10, 2022, 07:08:42 PM It's not the standard engine (M-105) but this photo gives a good insight into the general arrangement - Kind of what I was looking for; thanks Daniele :)
Title: Re: Yak-3 gun installation - details? Post by: Massimo Tessitori on January 11, 2022, 06:09:03 AM Hi all,
I fear that the Yak-3VK-107 had important differences in this area, including an air intake connected to those manifolds. Something more on the differences between the types is here: http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/yak3/yak3vk107/yak3vk107.html (http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/yak3/yak3vk107/yak3vk107.html) Regards Massimo |