Ladies and gentleman, let me introduce you to the Yak 110, two voltige Yak 55 reunited + A JET ENGINE.

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DreadnautVS@reddit

Saw that on its maiden flight at KEUL on my way to lunch. Pulled over and shut the car off, I could not for the life of me figure out what I was seeing or hearing. I’ve never been more stumped seeing an airplane fly, ever.

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Banjo-Elritze@reddit

Video of that thing in flight

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IronMew@reddit

You'd expect those massive radials to get the plane belting down the strip pretty fast, but when that tiny little J85 turbojet spools up it just goes from a lazy roll to the speed of fuck in no time at all.

Really shows you why modern aviation couldn't ditch piston engines fast enough once turbines became reliable.

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karateninjazombie@reddit

That take off goes hard lol.

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mbarland@reddit

That takeoff roll goes from, "Huh, that's kind of cool" to "Holy shit, did you see that thing?" in like 1.2 seconds.

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Pappa_Crim@reddit

Wait that was real, I thought I was tripping balls

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Kommer2015@reddit

is that real it looks so odd i know of the old mustang twin plane that was similar that the us navy was using after ww2

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Grape-Snapple@reddit

that would be a sick ass transformer

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paperairman@reddit

I have a picture of little me infront of it some where. I presume I saw it fly but I don't remember seeing it fly.

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hyperdream@reddit

They should put an Otto in the other side.

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SchreiberBike@reddit

That's what I thought was going to be at that link.

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Apexnanoman@reddit

Ok so clearly someone with both a pilots license and engineering degree developed a functional meth addiction.

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er1cAtWork2@reddit

I swear I’ve seen this plane flying at an airport show. But I haven’t been to an airshow in 15 years (unfortunately). Am I misremembering or was this around back then?

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dmr11@reddit

The Yak-110 was first conceived in 2016. You may be thinking of the Jet Waco, which is a red-painted biplane with a propeller + underslung jet engine that performed at air shows during that time period.

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er1cAtWork2@reddit

That may be what I remember. Thanks! The time Frame Seems close As well…

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Zcube73@reddit

I hope this thing is running contra rotating props

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looper741@reddit

You mean counter rotating, and no, they’re not. However, both engines do rotate opposite of most propeller engines because they’re Russian.

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GrownHapaKid@reddit

What’s it like on a single engine?

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TacTurtle@reddit

Jet, prop, or other prop?

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GrownHapaKid@reddit

Critical engine

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SpruceGoose__@reddit

The question is: Why not?

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Tasty-Fox9030@reddit

So this is the flying equivalent of a monster truck huh?

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SpruceGoose__@reddit

Preciselly

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weaseltorpedo@reddit

Saw this thing AND the jet Waco fly at an airshow (same airshow but separate demonstration), it was AWESOME

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SpruceGoose__@reddit

The jet waco is awesome too!

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chitochitochito@reddit

Was going to say this reminded me of the jet Waco Jimmy Franklin flew. I will never see another airshow like the Masters of Disaster at 2004 at Oshkosh, but this comes close.

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