Author Topic: Perk the La-7 (Read 1013 times)

mx22 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 30, 2001, 12:30:00 PM »

Tempest is a real killer, way more potent then the C-Hog.

mx22

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Originally posted by BBGunn:
Still think there is a descrepancy between tempest 70pts; F4u-1c 8pts and the La-7 with no points. Is the tempest really 8 times better than the C-hog; don't think so. Is the La-7 really significantly worse than the C-hog or tempest in performance? Some adjustment is necessary.

Soda · « **Reply #31 on:** May 30, 2001, 02:24:00 PM »

Me'thinks a lot of N1K and Spit drivers are getting wacked by La7's and thus the cries to perk it. It's a good plane to kill low Spits and N1K's, and can run away (which it spends a lot of time doing), but it has some serious issues also, including:
-lack of any range.
-very poor views to sides and back
-poor performance above 14K or so
-poor guns (hopeless outside D300)
-somewhat weak tail assembly (tends to come off a lot).

It's a good plane for kill'n N1K's though, cuz if you don't get the shot you want, you just level out and dash away...

-Soda

Vruth · « **Reply #32 on:** May 30, 2001, 06:13:00 PM »

Agreed Soda.

Quit yer whining ya bunch of puffers.

Seriously though, the LA-7 is a sweet right, yet i've shot more LA-7's down than I have the NIK. And I've flown the LA-7 quite a bit too myself. Great ride but it has limited visibility and very short legs.

Personally, I'd perk the Yak-9 cause they can shoot down my runstang.

V

hazed- · « **Reply #33 on:** May 31, 2001, 12:08:00 AM »

i think the reasons for perks is purely for numbers seen.If it floods the arena to over 20% it will get perked.
Put 4xhispanos on an la7 and then it will be flown by everyone

hehe
as it is its not that easy to fly well so you wont see the numbers that few the f4c.
it was ease of shooting and great performance that made the f4c so popular amongst the throng.LA7 has good performance but its not easy to get kills with its guns.

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Hazed
9./JG54

Soda · « **Reply #34 on:** May 31, 2001, 09:45:00 AM »

Hazed,
I'd have to agree that the main reason for perking something appears to be popularity. Then again, superior performance tends to attract people so in a way performance is part of the equation that leads to something being perked. Without perking you'd see all C-Hogs and Tempests... I think the perk system has worked... how many C-Hogs are just thrown away in the MA these days? Not many. You know just about C-Hog you meet will not just try to HO you.

A 4 hispano La7! That'd give a lot of La7 pilots wet dreams.

-Soda