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LAVOCHKIN Association	НПО им. ЛАВОЧКИНА С.А.
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Lavochkin Semyon Alekseevich - OKB-301

Lavochkin Semyon Alekseevich, 1900-1960.

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LaGG-1/I-22 (Lavochkin, Gorbunov and Goudkov) - Monoplane fighter, a small aircraft designed around the M-105 engine. The LaGG-1 was built from plastic-impregnated wood. The carefully-built, well-polished prototype had, after some modifications, a relatively good performance; the heavier, poorly-built production aircraft had bad performance and dangerous flying characteristics.
LaGG-3 35.4K/I-301 (Lavochkin, Gorbunov and Goudkov) - Refined LaGG-1, with palliatives introduced to cure the worst faults of the LaGG-1. The LaGG-3 had outer wings with slats and balanced tail surfaces, was lighter, and later also had a more powerful engine. It still was disliked intensily by its pilots. Production problems continued, some factories delivering unairworthy aircraft. Series production aircraft were up to 40km/h slower than those tested by the VVS, so the numbers given are optimistic... Development resulted in 21 major versions, all simply called LaGG-3. 6258 built.
La-5 48.0K/La-5FN - After designing the LaGG-3, the designer split. It soon became obvious that the only cure for the shortcomings of the LaGG-3 was a new, more powerful engine. The best alternative was the M-82 radial. Lavochkin managed to modify the LaGG-3 to accept this engine, despite the lack of official support. The La-5 entered service in 1942. In its developed La-5FN version it was superior to the German fighters at low and medium altitudes. Its disadvantages were primitive equipment, a bounce-inducing undercarriage, and in the early stages very poor production quality. One 1850hp Shvetsov ASh-82FN.
Modifications: La-7, La-9, La-11.
More: pic.1 476.0K
La-7 41.3K/La-120 Fin - Development of the La-5, incorporating changes recommended by the TsAGI to reduce drag. The La-7 (bureau designation La-120) had excellent performance and handling, but its standard of equipment remained extremely austere. 5753 built. One 1850hp Shvetsov M-82FN. 1943.
Experimental modification : La-126.
Prototype for La-9/ La-11.
- La-7RD - with addtitonal jet engine
- La-9
- La-11
More: 1 42.1K.
La-9/La-130 Fritz - The La-9, alias La-130, was a development of the La-126. It looked similar to the La-7, but it had an entirely new all-metal construction. The big problem of the La-9 series was the continuing unavailability of new, more powerful engines, and it never reached its full potential. Only 16 produced, because improved La-11 was ready. One 1850hp/1350kW Shevtsov ASh-82FN. 1946.
Version with pulse jets: La-138.
Later production modification: La-11.
La-9/La-11 History.
La-11 49.9K/La-140 Fang - Single-seat, piston-engined fighter. Was standard equipment for Soviet Air Force fighter units during immediate postwar years. Similar to the La-9, but with a longer range, due to tip tanks, reduced armament and improved aerodynamics. One Shvetsov ASh-82FN 1850hp/1350kW. 1895 built. Used in the Korean war. 1948.
La-13 - 1947.
La-15 80.4K Fantail - Single seat swept-wing jet interceptor fighter, less successful contemporary of the MiG-15, despite more advanced. It was a development of the La-172, and initially known as the La-174D. About 500 were built, less than originally planned because of production problems. They were used until 1954. One 3500 lb. st. RD-500 turbojet RD-500. 1949.
Two-seat trainer : La-15UTI / La-180
Remote-controlled drone: Drone 123.7K
More: 1 90.4K.
La-17 12.0K - Radio-controlled target drone, single engine jet monoplane. La-17R - unmanned recce version.
More:1 42.8K, 2 51.7K.
La-71 - Version of the La-7. ??
La-120 - see La-7.
La-126 - All-metal fighter aircraft. Despite its similarity to the La-7, the La-126 was all-new design, with a laminar-flow wing. It was the basis for the La-9 fighter. No production. One 1850hp Shvetsov M-82FN. 1945.
Later production modifications, based on La-126: La-9, La-11.
La-130 - see La-9.
La-138 - Version of the La-9 with VRD-430 pulse jets slung under the wing. When they were not in use the drag was too high, and when they were in use the fuel consumption was to high. Some La-9RD's and La-126PVRD were also built, with RD-13 pulse jets, and a Yak-7PVRD had DM-4 pulse jets.
La-140 - see La-11.
La-150 [Type-3] - The first jet fighter of the Lavochkin bureau. The La-150 had a straight shoulder wing. The engine intake was in the nose, the engine outlet ended after the wing, below the tail, to reduce trust losses. The engine was a copy of the German Jumo 004, and was unsufficiently powerful (850kg RD-10). Five built. 1946.
First seen 08/03/1947 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.
La-152 [Type-4] - Straight-wing jet fighter. The La-152 was a mid-wing aircraft with the pilot positioned aft of the engine, and its wing was also thinner than that of the La-150, although its design was initiated only a few months later. To avoid duct losses, the engine was placed in the extreme nose, with an exhaust under the wing trailing edge. Three built; the second and third prototypes were known as La-154 and La-156. One 900kg RD-10. 1946.
First seen 08/03/1947 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.
La-154 - The second La-152. Differences between La-152, -154 and -156 were minor. The La-154 had a Lyulka TR-1 engine, but was never flown.
La-156 [Type-5] - The third La-152. Differences between La-152, -154, and -156 were minor. The La-156 had an afterburning RD-10F engine which was 30% more powerful than that of the La-152.
First seen 08/03/1947 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.
La-160 19.3K [Type-6] - Developed as Project 'Strela'. Swept wing test aircraft and fighter prototype. The La-160 was a swept-wing development of the La-152. It was the first swept-wing Soviet fighter. Used mainly for research, because the aircraft was too small to carry much fuel or armament. One 1170kg RD-10F. 1947.
First seen 08/03/1947 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.
From Lavochkin's home page: 1 19.3K.
La-168 [Type-15] - The La-168 had an high-set, swept wing. In contrast with the La-150/ 152/ 160/ 174TK series, the engine was behined the pilot, with an exhaust nozzle at the extreme tail. It was designed around the newly-acquired R.R. Nene engine, but lost to the competing MiG-15. One 2270kg R.R. Nene. 1948.
First seen 1948 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino.
La-172 - The La-172 was essentially lighter, smaller than La-168, with the less powerful R.R. Derwent engine. It was intended as a 'frontal fighter', rather than as an interceptor. One 1600kg NII-1. One built. 1948.
La-174D [Type-21] - Service designation La-15; later the NATO Reporting Name 'Fantail' was assigned. Similar to the La-168 but smaller.
First seen 1949 Soviet Aviation Day, Tushino
La-174TK - The La-174TK was developed in parallel to the La-172; it reverted to the configuration of the La-152 and had very thin, unswept wings. Performance was inferior than that of the La-172, and the development was discontinued. One 1600kg NII-1. One built. 1948.
La-176 27.3K - The La-176 was a swept-wing fighter similar to the La-168, but with increased wing sweep and the VK-1 (R.R. Nene) engine. It was the first Soviet aircraft to exceed Mach 1 in a dive. (Foreigners' "blah-blah". It was the first a/c capable to fly horizontally at supersonic speed.) One built, development was abandoned after the loss of the prototype in a fatal crash. One 2700kg Klimov VK-1. 1948.
From Lavochkin's home page: 1 27.3K.
La-180 - Factory designation of the La-15UTI trainer version.
La-190 - The La-190 was designed as an high-speed fighter. It had a highly swept, tapering wing, and a sleek fuselage with a nose intake. A small radome was installed in the upper lip of the intake. One built, only flown eight times, because the engine was unreliable. One 4600kg Lyulka AL-5. 1951.
La-200 - The Soviet La-200 all-wheater interceptor had twin jet engines in tandem; the exhaust of the foremost engine was ducted beneath the fuselage to under the wing; the other engine had a tail exhaust.
The two VK-1 engines were placed behind each other in the fuselage, to reduce drag; the foremost engine's exhaust nozzle being under the wing. This was one way of fitting two bulky centrifugal jet engines in a low-drag configuration. Production was envisaged but later cancelled in favour of fighters with a longer range.
A extensively modified La-200B was built to fulfill the new requirement, but preference was given to the Yak-25. Several nose intake configurations were tried out.
Two 2700kg Klimov VK-1. 1949.
La-200B - Version of La-200. Two 3100kg Klimov VK-1 ???. 1952.
La-250 15.6K/Anakonda - Delta winged long-range all-wheater interceptor. It was an enormous aircraft (but lost competition with 'more enormous' Tu-28), designed to fly long-range missions at high altitude, armed with two large missiles. Four built. Nicknamed 'Anakonda' for long narrow fuselage and tough handling. After the first aircraft crushed (poor visibility from the cocpit caused early ground touch during landing), noses on three remaining planes were lowered by 6 degrees. Two 9000kg Lyulka AL-7F. 1956.
Modification: La-250A, new designation for same 3 planes with improved flight control system, 1957.
More: 1 32.4K, 2 71.1K.
From Lavochkin's home page: 1 42.1K.
La-250A - see La-250.
Bourya 20.7K (object 350) - Supersonic cruise missile. Preliminary design 1955. Warhead 2100 to 2350 kg. Speed 3M ("PVRD"). Start weight 95t. Main unit weight 33t. Range 4000..8000km. Titanium airframe. 3 successful launches. astronomical course correction. Developed in competition against Myasistchev's "Buran". Project was abandoned in Oct-1960 when Lavochkin dead (Jun-1960). There were versions for long range photo-recce and missile-target.
There was a project of a cruise missile equipped with nuclear "PVRD". 1955-1957. Discontinued.

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