Yakovlev Yak-28 combat aircraft - photos

Yakovlev Yak-28 multi-role combat aircraft developed by the Soviets in the 1950s.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...169#post191767
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...858#post190777
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...067#post187646
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...255#post192104
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...396#post185381

Buck Rogers would be jealous.

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Originally Posted by Floradawg

Buck Rogers would be jealous.

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Or Captain Frank Cook in sky captain

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Originally Posted by Floradawg

Buck Rogers would be jealous.

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Originally Posted by Frank S

Or Captain Frank Cook in sky captain

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Not to mention unemployed landing gear designers and aircraft tire salesmen.
Wager those wing tip casters only held up for one or two recoveries. We've all seen tire speed of full size treads, at many times the diameter. Serious FPM, to be sure.

Good point. I think the U2 had those little wheels on the wings. The fuselage was so slender that the landing gear was just two inline wheels. I think the landing probably involved only the center wheels until the plane slowed. With a proper landing anyway. It looks like the Yak 28 worked the same way.