Author Topic: La5 and LA7 (Read 9370 times)

Wmaker · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:40:19 PM »

Very nice HTC & Volunteers!

Very, very nice skin choise Greebo!!

It's one of the few La-5FNs that operated against Finland during the summer of '44.

Here's some pics of a world-class R/C model made by finnish R/C model builder Jukka Pikkusaari. He chose the same real life example as you Greebo.

http://rc.realdesign.fi/embperl/RC/tuote.html?fid=RC&pid=YT_LA_1

http://rc.realdesign.fi/embperl/RC/tuote.html?fid=RC&pid=YT_LA_0

I sure hope there's La-5F on the pipeline aswell!

VansCrew1 · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:43:07 PM »

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Originally posted by Sketch
So now the Lghays will just look a bit nicer when shot down.

i was thinking the same thing.

Saxman · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:52:01 PM »

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Originally posted by hubsonfire
Looks pretty good. Going to be a riot seeing nothing but Las and 39s for a week.

The only difference between that and any OTHER week is the addition of the P-39.

Greebo · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:57:07 PM »

The La-5FN is the aircraft of Captain Pyotr Likholetov of 159 IAP, a 25 kill ace. The slogan on the fuselage reads "For Vaska and Zhora", two ex squadmates killed in action in 1942.

I picked it because I liked the idea of doing a plane with a slogan and there were a couple of good photos of it. The three profiles I found of it completely contradicted each other WRT colours. I went with the one I found in "Soviet Air Force Fighter Colours" by Erik Pilawskii as it seemed to match the photos best.

Wmaker · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:01:12 PM »

Thanks for the info Greebo!

Yes, 159 IAP, that was the only unit (AFAIK) that was equipped with La-5FNs during the Stalin's 4th strategic offensive against Finland during summer of '44. Rest were with La-5Fs or plain La-5s.

Again, very very nice!

hammer · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:35:43 PM »

Notice the La-7 only has 2 guns.

hubsonfire · « **Reply #21 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:48:09 PM »

For a while, I thought that the skins in the game were simply chosen from museum collections or planes that were available for examination. It is interesting to learn the stories behind these particular planes, and that some are deliberately chosen for specific reasons.

Spikes · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:12:15 PM »

Looks good!

Tilt · « **Reply #23 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:22:47 PM »

mg1942 · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:48:26 PM »

So.. is La-7 gonna be only 2 gun now?

Motherland · « **Reply #25 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:57:36 PM »

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Originally posted by mg1942
So.. is La-7 gonna be only 2 gun now?

We can only hope

Greebo · « **Reply #26 on:** February 06, 2008, 03:02:29 PM »

Sorry guys, but the La-7 still has the 3 gun option.

Bronk · « **Reply #27 on:** February 06, 2008, 03:08:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Greebo
Sorry guys, but the La-7 still has the 3 gun option.

Perk load out.

Squire · « **Reply #28 on:** February 06, 2008, 03:12:29 PM »

Ya, perk the 3 cannon option. They should have yanked the 3 cannon loadout for all the reasons well covered before...if its left in, do something to limit it. Almost all wartime LA-7s had only 2 x 20mm.

TUXC · « **Reply #29 on:** February 06, 2008, 03:16:06 PM »

How many 3 cannon La-7s were made before the war ended? The number I've seen is 368 3 cannon models out of a total of 5753 total wartime La-7s produced. Does anyone know if these numbers are accurate? If so then 6.4% of La-7s produced before the war ended were the 3 cannon variety and 93.5% had 2 cannon.