More Yak's

[Imowface]

I know in my other wishes, I usually try to go into as much detail as possible about what I am wishing for, but this time, I am wishing for more Yak variants to be represented, after the ones we have now are redone of course, but I would like to see how well this catches on before I go through possibly hours of work to get every single detail of the many many variants there were. I know not everybody here is too excited about more allied planes in the game at the moment, but, I have noticed, allied or not, every other major nation in the ETO, has a "well represented" line up of there "work horse" fighters, a few examples being USA : 5 P47's Germany : 6 Bf109's UK :6 Spitfires, the only country in the ETO that doesn't have an early war to late war lineage of their main fighters is the USSR again I wont go into detail about it,  but I will if this thread catches on, here are some variants of the Yak line of fighters that I would like to see in the distant future of Aces High:

Yak-1 or 1M, Yak-9D (or  Dalnyi "long range"), Yak-9L (four vertical bomb bays similar to the Il-2 I believe), Yak-7A (trainer conversion, two cockpits remained, only one was used, armament similar to the 9U, but It had the ability to carry 6 RO-82 rockets), and last but not least ( you didn't think I forgot did you ) the Yak-3, the reason why I think it is important to eventually have some of these variants in the game, is because more so then the spitfires, 109's are even P47's, each of the variants have all these little things that set them apart from each other, the Yak-1 or 1M would give us something for the early war (the 9T we have in game is a later version with armoured glass and rounder octagonanal spinner) the Yak-9D would give the Yak's some more use in the longer range missions, the L would give us something to make the GV'ers more upset, the 7A could give us a neat looking EW ground attack plane, and the 3, well it would be another late war monster, but just a bit better looking then all the others.

Hopefully you all didn't die of boredom reading this, but as I say if this thread sparks some interest, I can dig up lots of specs, and other neat info about all of these planes, thanks for reading

[waystin2]

and the 3, well it would be another late war monster, but just a bit better looking then all the others.

SEXY!

[Imowface]

well, actually, let me correct myself, the Yak-3 would look exactly the same as the U we have in game, but performe a wee bit better

[Karnak]

well, actually, let me correct myself, the Yak-3 would look exactly the same as the U we have in game, but performe a wee bit better

Actually it would be slower and climb worse, but turn better.

[Imowface]

Well I stand corrected then, I did not know that, thanks

[vonKrimm]

While I am all in favor of adding the Yak-1 and yak-3; I'm more interested in seeing the MiG-3 added.  It is about time that the CCCP got a high-altitude performer (for a Soviet a/c) and something that can carry some rockets with range and speed.

[Ruah]

Actually it would be slower and climb worse, but turn better.

In addition the air duct which is the obvious difference between the 9 and the 3, the 3 also has a shorter wingspan, weighes a fair bit less, and has a better engine.  From what I understand, the yak-3 will out accelerate, out climb and out turn the yak-9u. 

The thing is, even if we did get the yak-3 (which will effectivly end the use of the yak-9u), it will still suffer from the same reasons a lot of people don't like to fly yaks - namely, they have terribad guns package.  As it stands, the yak-9u can stand toe to toe with any late war plane as it is - just make sure those 120 rounds count.  And while I would love to see the yak-3, I feel the 9u reprisents very well for AH2 and is no slouch.  Perhaps just swapping the 9u for the 3 and keep the 9t as the best <one shot one kill> plane (maby the 39Q, but I don't see them much).

[titan312]

+1 for the Yak-3. 

[LLogann]

Don't Talk Back!!!!

+1

[Tilt]

In addition the air duct which is the obvious difference between the 9 and the 3, the 3 also has a shorter wingspan, weighes a fair bit less, and has a better engine.  From what I understand, the yak-3 will out accelerate, out climb and out turn the yak-9u. 

Yak 3 of the GPW had a more reliable but less powerfull engine than the Yak9U. Its cockpot was further along the fuselage toward the nose and as you say it was both lighter and of slightly sorter wingspan. It may well out accelerate the Yak 9U at low speeds and altitudes, it should out turn it.