NEO Planes 56 inch Yak 54

About

The Yakovlev Yak-54 is the work of the Yakovlev design bureau, the famed Soviet OKB whose aerobatic lineage stretches back to the UT-2 trainers of 1937 and includes the Yak-50, Yak-52, and Yak-55 series. Designed by Chief Constructor Dmitry Drach and Lead Engineer Vladimir Popov as a development of the single-seat Yak-55M, the Yak-54 was announced in 1992 and made its first flight on December 23, 1993. The two-seat configuration lets the type double as an unlimited-aerobatic trainer — an unusual combination at the top end of the discipline where most competition airframes are single-seat.

This RC implementation is from NEO Planes, an RC manufacturer specializing in scale aerobatic models, in a 56-inch wingspan electric foamy variant. The 56-inch wingspan sizing sits between the smaller park-flyer foamies and the giant-scale gas-powered competition mounts, making it accessible for pilots who want serious aerobatic capability without the transport logistics of a giant-scale airframe.

The Yak-54 silhouette is one of the most-modeled subjects in RC aerobatic flying — pugnacious, short-coupled, with the classic Yakovlev flat-bottomed cowling. The unmistakable Russian-aerobat shape appears across the modern RC market in every size from foamy park-flyer to giant-scale gas competition mount.

In the simulator

A satisfying mid-size aerobatic mount with the Yak-54 character — willing on the controls, generous in 3D handling, and the kind of size class that makes hovers and torque rolls easy to read. Use it for the unlimited-aerobatic vocabulary at electric scale. A natural sibling of the Yak 54 32 Percent (3D Planes pack) at a more accessible size.