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Offline 321BAR

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2010, 11:38:12 PM »
I shot down a P-47N while I was flying a D3A1.....
i shot one down in a kate!!! :lol but not really
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Offline lulu

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #16 on: April 29, 2010, 06:02:52 AM »
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YAK-3?
Jesus, we will have Channz-3 too!   :neener:

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Offline 321BAR

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #17 on: April 29, 2010, 07:26:48 AM »
:salute

YAK-3?
Jesus, we will have Channz-3 too!   :neener:

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Offline FireDrgn

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #18 on: April 30, 2010, 12:55:13 PM »
Whats a Yak 3?   :noid
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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #19 on: April 30, 2010, 02:35:28 PM »
Whats a Yak 3?   :noid

Yet another lump of metal with a whirry thing up front?
Afk for a year or so.  The name of a gun turret in game.  Falanx, huh? :banana:
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Offline waystin2

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #20 on: April 30, 2010, 02:50:36 PM »
Whats a Yak 3?   :noid

I am glad you asked!


Manufacturer: Yakovlev 
Engine(s): (Yak-1M) one 1,260 hp Klimov VK-105PF vee-12 liquid-cooled; (Yak-3) 1,225 hp VK-105PF-2; (final series) 1,650 hp VK-107A 
Wingspan: 30 ft 2.25 in (9.20 m) 
Length: 27 ft 10.25 in (8.50 m) 
Height: 7 ft 10 in (2.39 m) 
Weights: Empty: (VK-105) 4,960 lb (2,250 kg); Loaded: (VK-105) 5,864 lb (2,660 kg) 
Maximum Speed: (VK-105) 404 mph (650 km/h); (VK-107) 447 mph (720 km/h) 
Initial Climb: (VK-105) 4,265 ft (1,300 m)/min 
Service Ceiling: (VK-105) 35,450 ft (10,800 m) 
Range: (VK-105) 506 miles (815 km) 
Armament: One 20 mm ShVAK, with 120 rounds, and two 0.5 in (12.7 mm) UBS machine guns, each with 250 rounds 
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Offline Karnak

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #21 on: May 01, 2010, 12:19:09 AM »
To be clear on wastin2's stats, the VK-107 engined Yak-3 was a post war development and didn't see combat until Korea.
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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #22 on: May 01, 2010, 04:48:30 PM »
To be clear on wastin2's stats, the VK-107 engined Yak-3 was a post war development and didn't see combat until Korea.

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Offline Slade

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #23 on: May 02, 2010, 06:49:51 AM »
+1 for Yak-3

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Re: Yak-3
« Reply #24 on: May 02, 2010, 09:23:05 AM »
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