Yakovlev Yak 11 Moose

Yak-11 Moose airplane model. The Yakovlev Yak-11 was an advanced trainer. It flew in the air forces of all Warsaw-pact countries, the middle east, China and Austria. In the Czechoslovakian republic, Let-Aircraft built this famous plane under license. In 1944, Alexander Yakovlev based this new construction on the Yak-9 fighter. Different than its predecessor, a radial engine ASch-21 was used instead of the V-engines used previously. As is typical of Russian aircraft production, production and maintenance was relatively simple; for example, wide opening hoods made it very easy to maintain the radial engine. The two bladed (variable pitch) propeller was at first curved in a crescent-shaped manner, later straight propellers (diameter 3 meters) type WISch-111-W20 or WISch-11-D-15 were used. Scale: 1/32. Wingspan 16 1/2 inches, Length 15 inches.