if you see the question 'who was that yak?' in the buffer, you know i'm online!
i love it; it does everything very well. it's one of best energy fighters as well as one of the best turn fighters--a combination you can't beat. but the thing i like best about it is that once you're in somebody's elbow, you're there to stay and there's nothing they can do about it. many f4u's have have augered trying to out-scissor my yak. if nobody else is around i normally wait till i'm under 100 yards before i shoot. if you don't spray, the only limiting factor for the numbers of kills you can get is fuel.
must dissagree with fariz on this one: the 9u is an excellent high-altitude fighter as it more than addressed all the areas where earlier yaks were deficient: thrust-to-weight ratio and engine perfomance being the main areas. also, the yak is astonishingly effective against buffs if you get--and stay--very, very, very close (inside of 60-75 yards). i basically do a tight 'corkscrew' scissors around the path of the buff. by the time the gunner has switched views and aimed, you're already in the next view. at that range a medium-length burst will rip that pesky wing right off. but don't try this with another plane or you'll be eating turf!
Black Hammer
