time to bring Yak to AH

[BlkKnit]

lol...i missed the bottom of your post....my book says delivery of 107 engined yak-3's was no later than jan. 44.  a wild guess maybe...or it just the beginning of tests.  I misread a few things too.  I does say that it never saw action in WW2, I just over looked it.

[WldThing]

Originally posted by Shane
i say reverse it... early war planes cost perkies, late war earns them at a higher rate...


this will seperate the common dweebs from the dweebs who think early war planes somehow make for superior fights/pilots.

sort of like the winner of a bet pays.

LOL i love you man

[lada]

Originally posted by Pyro
The 434 mph top speed figure commonly attached to the Yak-9U comes from a performance test on the first prototype with the VK-107 engine.  Tests on production aircraft resulted in a lower top speed than that of the prototype.

i will dig more about that.

Whats your point about Yaks cannon,Bombs ?

[lada]

Originally posted by BlkKnit
 I does say that it never saw action in WW2, I just over looked it.

what about... zillion other sources say, that 16000 Yaks were build before War ended.

read links i posted

[Kweassa]

what about... zillion other sources say, that 16000 Yaks were build before War ended.

 But not the Yak-3 mounted with VK-107A engines.

 Read what I wrote down.

[lazs2]

late war planes probly take a lot less skill to survive in than early war planes in an arena that mixes late and early war.  But the real problem is that the more late war planes you see the less good fights you see.   The yak is and La7/5 are about the best combo of turn and speed so they are the least boring to fly/fight

"Soviet Combat Aircratft of WWII"  has lots of very fast and fast climbing soviet aircraft in it but... allmost every one of em is the prototype and most say something like "but the plane was much slower when delivered..." or "finished versions were a disapointment.."   or... "overheating caused the production version to use the #### engine and performance was down by##"

they were light aircraft and the armement and armor were a huge percentage of the total weight.. the prototypes were stripped with engines that were leaned out and overdriven..

lazs

[lada]

Originally posted by Kweassa
But not the Yak-3 mounted with VK-107A engines.

 Read what I wrote down.

not Yak-3 but Yak-9U with VK-107A


fom the page i posted
"Contrary to the Yak-3 which would appear one year later as a pure dogfighter, the Yak-9 was designed as a multi-role fighter."


My question is pointed on Ordinance and Cannon, not on speed now.


lol from russian site
Yak-7R - Jet version project. one liquid fuel jet and two ramjets. 1942.

[Slash27]

What I'd like to see are more fair matchups.

Come fly the CT.

[Sikboy]

Big Yak fan here.

With that said, compared to the things which have been dug up in various "battle of the sources" threads in the AC and Vehicle forum, these websites don't have a lot to offer.

Anyone have any info on the "MP-20"?

-Sik

[Kweassa]

My question is pointed on Ordinance and Cannon, not on speed now.

 Then obviously it was incredibly dense of you when you responded to  BlkKnit's;

It does say that it never saw action in WW2, I just over looked it.

 ..comment, as clearly we were speaking of the particular type of Yak-3.