Yakovlev Yak-24

what is it?

The Yakovlev Yak-24 (NATO reporting name "Horse") is a Soviet twin-engine, tandem rotor, transport helicopter developed by the Yakovlev Design Bureau in the 1950s. The Yak-24 saw limited use in the Soviet Air Force, and the exact number produced and duration of service are unknown due to inconsistencies in data.

🔎How to recognise it: 2 piston engines · 20 m main rotor

base stats

• speed 175 km/htop speed
• range 380 kmwithout refuelling
• size 15.8 tmax take-off weight
• built 40made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 74 years ago, in 1952.
• 🚗Rotor of 20 m: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🐘Fully loaded it can weigh as much as 3 African elephants (~6 t each).

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1952-07-03

introduced

1955

status

retired

number built

40

role

transport helicopter

origin

🇷🇺 Soviet Union

makers

Yakovlev

engines

2× Shvetsov ASh-82V / ASh-82

length

22.4 m

rotor diameter

20 m

height

6.5 m

max take-off weight

15.8 t

top speed

175 km/h

range

380 km

ceiling

4,000 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.