Complete Yakovlev Series.

[Motherland]

It would be nice to have the same girth in the Yak Series as we do in the Spit or 109 series, considering more Yaks were made than either, and some of the highest scoring Allied aces of the war flew Yaks at one tim or another (including Aleksander Pokryshkin, who flew the Yak 1 early in the war, before flying the P39).

So... I think...

Yakovlev 1
Yakovlev 7B
Yakovlev 3

And maybe more, should be added to our current Yak planeset, making 5 Yaks in all.
The Yakovlev 1 is actually pretty important, considering we have no other early war Soviet aircraft.

[thndregg]

That would be interesting. I love flying the Yak.

[tedrbr]

Of those, I'd go with the Yak-3, if the performance numbers are different to some degree than the Yak-9's we have now, when considering the game flight models.  The numbers for the Yak-3 were better IRL, but that does not always translate well into game mechanics.

The Yak-3 was an air superiority fighter to the Yak-9 interceptors.  As such, it would carry less fuel to be lighter at the expense of range, and was considered probably the best furballer of the war by many.

Now, as we often do not lift with full fuel in the arenas, thus lighter planes, I'd really want to know if there were other tangible differences between the Yak 9 and Yak 3 to justify the work being done to add it.  

If there would not be much difference, in the game, then I'd rather see the limited development resources spent on a Lend Lease version of the P-39 and the Pe-2 to compliment the IL-2 added to the Russian plane set before the Yak.

A few specs from one online source.  I left out those with relatively low production numbers.  
Yak fighters
_____name  year  speed sea-level  speed at alt  climb to5km  turn sec  climb turn  ceiling  range  ready weight produced

• Yak-9T 1943   533kph   597kph @ 3930m   5.5min   18.0sec   1100m   10km   735km   3025kg   2748 made
  
• Yak-9U 1944   575kph   672kph @ 5000m   5.0min   19.5sec   1280m bad data 1070km  3200kg 3921made
  
  
• Yak-1  1941    472kph  570kph @ 4860m   5.7min   20sec    650m 9.3km   900km  2900kg  ~3000made
  
• Yak-1  1942    483kph  559kph @ 4450m    7.3min   20sec    650m 10km   750km   2930kg ~3000made
  
• Yak-1  1942    500kph  571kph @ 3650m   6.0min   19sec    650m  10km    980km   2885kg  ~2500made
  
• Yak-1B 1943    531kph  592kph @ 4100m   5.4min   19sec   1150m   10km   700km   2884kg 4461 (of 1942 and 1943 models)
  
• Yak-7B 1942   514kph  570kph @ 3650m   5.8min   19sec   1000m   9.9km   645km   3042kg   5120made
  
• Yak-9D 1943     535kph    591kph @ 3650m 6.1min   20sec    950m   9.1km   905km    3117kg    3058made
  
• Yak-9M 1944     518kph    573kph @ 3750m 6.1min   19sec    980m   9.5km   950km   3095kg   4239made
  
• Yak-3    1944     567kph   646kph @ 4100m 4.5min   17sec   1200m 10.4km   648km   2692kg   4004made
  

From this source, the Yak-3 falls between the 9U and 9T for speeds, around 2/3rd to 3/4 the range, but faster to altitude and in a turn, and a bit lighter (mostly due to smaller fuel load however).   Comes down to the flight data HTC would chose to use in the game as to whether or not there would be much difference in game models.

[Bosco123]

I agree but we have more than enough russian aieplanes we need some italian airplanes before we do antything.....please:confused:

[Motherland]

Now, as we often do not lift with full fuel in the arenas, thus lighter planes, I'd really want to know if there were other tangible differences between the Yak 9 and Yak 3 to justify the work being done to add it. "
Even if so, there IS justification for having both planes.

http://gonzoville.com/ahcharts/index.php?p1=109g6&p2=109g14
As you can see, the G6 and G14 both have almost the same performance. If they do, why not have a Yak 3 and Yak 9U? Plus, the Yak 3 is just a better looking airplane, with some sweet skins that could be made for it.