I'm so flying that Yak!!!!

[ntrudr]

Here is a great youtube video about one for sale, for a mere $425K. Hard to believe only 31 views. Just need to hit the lottery or have a rich uncle die,LOL.

Anyway great flybys (? spelling) you can really hear the Allison engine, with my great PC speakers with subwoofer I can feel the engine as it goes by, course it is turned up some, the Wife complained.

If this video doesn't make you want to fly one nothing will.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoA242riLHg

[Karnak]

Yak3 had the VK 105PF2 which was reserved for the Yak 3 throughout nearly all of 44. The Yak9T ( and M) remained with the slightly less powerful VK 105 PF.

Ah, thanks for the clarification.  I am certainly not versed in the minutia of Yaks, having more of a general overview.  My general point still stands though.  The the VK-107 it had stellar performance, but the WWII era Yak-3 used the VK-105PF2 which while still having sweet handling didn't have the sheer performance of the immediately post-war Yak-3s.

[nrshida]

Congrats Yak fans! 

[Waffle]

I thought these engine mounted ShVAK had a big manual backup pull cocker between the pilots feet as a backup for the pneumatic cocker?
Can we at least get the manual cocker in our ShVAK motor cannons? You put them in the Lavochkins.

So you're saying that when you're flying the new yak, you'd like to spend your time looking down at your big cocker?   

[gyrene81]

So you're saying that when you're flying the new yak, you'd like to spend your time looking down at your big cocker?   

        i'm glad it wasn't me that went there...   

[Karnak]

Sadly, I don't have $425k to spare...

[thndregg]

HTC just made my day.

Thank you.

[Tilt]

Gotta say I am looking forward to this. It will not be uber.... It may have a role for players who want a certain uniqueness of ride........

It's cannon is limited in range and total ordinance compared to the mighty Hispano...... It's Mg's like the 9u are some of the best available for RoF and velocity. but it's hitting power is still very much below average.

The big gain for me is the forward view........ It's ideal for the lead shot resolution and I have to say its the frame work that compounds my poor marksmanship more than any other hindrance.

I am looking forward to many virtual deaths in this Bird.

The choice ( and of course quality) of skin is superb..... Not only with a view to the legendary Normandie Niemen but also with respect to the role the NM played in  303IAD during Bagration and successive battles for BeloRus Poland and East Prussia.

[Ack-Ack]

No, the K4 should be faster, climb better, accelerate better at altitude.

The Yak-3 was used as a tactical fighter, intended for combat at low altitudes.  At the altitudes most fights occur in game, the Yak-3 will be more than a match for the Bf 109K-4 or any of the Bf 109 variants.  So much so that the Luftwaffe issued orders to its units on the Eastern Front not to engage in combat below 5,000 meters with the Yak-3.

ack-ack

[ACE]

Sounded like Tank ace doesn't want anything other than what he wants added..  BIASED.

[RedBull1]

NICE! I was enjoying the Yak9U just before I left... I may come back to try this beast.. Perhaps put the ole' K4 in the back of the garage

[Arlo]

 

[olds442]

So you're saying that when you're flying the new yak, you'd like to spend your time looking down at your big cocker?   

Sig.

[Arlo]

One down .... 17 to go.




 

[Fruda]

It's a good thing I spent time configuring engine sounds for the Yaks, eh?

To my point: are the -9 series Yaks we already have being updated? I would certainly hope so...