Yak-9UT

Yak-9UT

Yak-3U

Yak-15P

Yak-9UT

Yak-3U

Yak-15P

USSR

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
6.0	5.7	6.3

Class:

Fighter

Research:35 000

Purchase:210 000

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This page is about the Russian fighter Yak-9UT. For other uses, see Yak-9 (Family).

Description

The Yak-9UT is a rank IV Russian fighter with a battle rating of 6.0 (AB), 5.7 (RB), and 6.3 (SB). It was introduced in Update 1.37.

General info

Flight Performance

The Yak-9UT has an extremely high acceleration which is ehanced due to the new Klimov M-107 engine, but like all Yaks, it has a low engine performance at high altitudes but isn't as bad as VK-105 powered Yaks. It also has a pretty good manoeuvrability that gets better at higher speeds (above 400 kph) but you will still be outmanoeuvered by Zeroes and Spitfires.

The Yak-9UT doesn't have any bombs but has access to other gun settings, by default you have twin B-20S 20mm cannons mounted on th top of the nose and a single 23mm cannon mounted in the propeller nose, you have also access to the twin B-20S and a N-37 37mm cannon with higher damage but less ammo and fire rate and last gun setting, a single B-20S and a N-45 45mm cannon with only HEFI-T rounds (High Explosive Fragmentation Incendiary Tracers) that has a little more ammo than the 37mm cannon and has a higher bullet speed than the 37mm

Characteristics
Stock
Max Speed (km/h at 5,000 m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
650	631	10500	20.2	20.8	14.9	14.9	380
Upgraded
Max Speed (km/h at ?,??? m)		Max altitude (meters)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (meters/second)		Take-off run (meters)
AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
???	???	10500	??.?	??.?	??.?	??.?	380

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
X	X	✓	X	X

Limits
Wing-break speed (km/h)	Gear limit (km/h)	Combat flaps (km/h)	Max Static G
			+	-
		410	~11	~8

Optimal velocities
Ailerons (km/h)	Rudder (km/h)	Elevators (km/h)	Radiator (km/h)
< 400	< 420	< 490	> 450

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
1,890 m	1,650 hp	1,749 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
4,500 m	1,500 hp	1,590 hp

Survivability and armour

The aircraft features two 64 mm bulletproof glass plates located the front and the rear of the cockpit and a 8mm steel plate located on the rear of the cockpit seat

Armaments

Offensive armament

The Yak-9UT is armed with:

• A choice between three presets:
  • 1 x 23 mm NS-23 cannon, nose-mounted (80 rpg) + 2 x 20 mm B-20S cannons, nose-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)
  • 1 x 37 mm N-37 cannon, nose-mounted (28 rpg) + 2 x 20 mm B-20S cannons, nose-mounted (120 rpg = 240 total)
  • 1 x 45 mm NS-45 cannon, nose-mounted (29 rpg) + 1 x 20 mm B-20S cannon, nose-mounted (170 rpg)

Usage in battles

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With the very high low to middle altitude acceleration, you should use this plane as a low to mid altitude dogfighter, note also that this plane has like all Yaks and like most of soviet planes, it has a low high altitude performance but isn't as bad as planes struck by the soviet-high-alt-syndrome so you can also use this plane as a high altitude Boom N Zoomer or even Turn N Burner but pay attention to your speed and don't try to turnfight or dogfight in this plane above 4500 m of altitude. so you have 2 playstyles:

the Low Altitude Dogfighter or High altitude Boom n Zoomer & Turn N Burner

Note also that it has a good energy retention at low altitude: you will be able to do a ~270 degree turn with only a few kph lost (~30 kph) and regain these extremely fast

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Auto control available	Separate	Controllable 2 gears	Not controllable

Modules

Tier	Flight performance		Survivability	Weaponry
I	Fuselage repair	Radiator		Offensive 20 mm	New 20 mm cannons
II		Compressor	Airframe	Offensive 23 mm	New 23 mm cannons
III	Wings repair	Engine		Offensive 37 mm	N-37 cannon	New 37 mm cannons
IV		Engine injection	Cover		NS-45 cannon	New 45 mm cannons

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Good low-speed manoeuvrability that gets even better at higher speeds (above 400 kph)
• Nose-mounted cannon is effective against all types of aerial targets
• You can choose between various cannons without changing whole aircraft
• As all Yaks, it has a stunning acceleration
• Very good energy retention at low altitudes
• This plane can reach more than 550 pkh IAS at low altitudes and 500 pkh IAS at 4000 m

Cons:

• Low diving speed
• Low cannon ammunition
• Engine overheats easily
• 20 mm HEF-I and FI-T from B-20S cannon is not effective against large aircraft
• Engine power weakens at high altitude, which means less acceleration

History

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In-game description

The Yak-9 was a Soviet single-engine fighter of the WWII era. It was the first combat aircraft designed by Alexander Yakovlev's construction bureau. The most mass-produced Soviet fighter of the war, it remained in production from October 1942 to December 1948, with a total of 16,769 built.

The Yak-9 was a further modification of the Yak-1 and Yak-7. In its core design, it was a redesign of the Yak-7. With few external differences, Yak-9 was at the same time much more advanced internally. This is not unexpected, as almost two years of design and combat experience of the Yak series went into the Yak-9. Also, at the time aluminium was in much greater supply than it had been two years previously at the start of the war. Amongst other things, the use of metal allowed the plane’s weight to be significantly reduced, meaning that more fuel could be stored and that the aircraft could be equipped with more powerful armament and more specialized equipment.

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A.S. Yakovlev Design Bureau (Яковлев Опытное конструкторское бюро)
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Yak-7	Yak-7B
Yak-9	Yak-9 · Yak-9B · Yak-9K · Golovachev's Yak-9M · Yak-9P · Yak-9T · Yak-9U · Yak-9UT
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