Now that the Yak3 has been here a couple weeks.

[ntrudr]

An ENY of 18?, get a grip.  It should be 10 at the highest.  The plane does everything very well.

[save]

Its the only plane in here that do a can climb at 3.5k hanging in the prop at 95mph, +1

[Nath[BDP]]

and it never bleeds any E.  ridiculous.  

[LCADolby]

All of the above.

10 in my book

Even on the balance of short ammo clips, the ammo is incredibly effective.

[bustr]

I can slow the Yak 9U down after I run up on someone's tail to shoot them. The best maneuver I have with the Yak3 is it seems to want to stick it's nose up other plane's exhaust pipes no matter what I do to stop it. That is one slick tiny airframe.

[zack1234]

Deperk the Spit14 and perk yak3

you are all freaks

[Karnak]

How about no?

Its usage is not nearly high enough to justify a 10, nor does its K/D ratio stand out as extreme in comparison with those units above it in usage:

Plane	Kills	Deaths	K/D Ratio
P-51D	11629	8991	1.29
Spitfire Mk XVI	6612	5829	1.13
La-7	6403	4881	1.31
F6F-5	5088	5310	0.96
N1K2	4840	4555	1.06
Fw 190D-9	5798	3436	1.69
Bf 109K-4	4468	3309	1.35
F4u-1A	4181	2939	1.42
P-47M	4411	2565	1.72
F4U-1D	3760	4664	0.81
Ki-84-Ia	4163	2670	1.56
A-20G	3520	2622	1.34
Yak-3	3436	2434	1.41

[ntrudr]

Using your own data it has a better K/D ratio than most of the planes you list, the few that have a better K/D ratio are known to be "expert" planes.

I would like to have seen one more column, the ENY value.

How about no?

Its usage is not nearly high enough to justify a 10, nor does its K/D ratio stand out as extreme in comparison with those units above it in usage:

Plane	Kills	Deaths	K/D Ratio
P-51D	11629	8991	1.29
Spitfire Mk XVI	6612	5829	1.13
La-7	6403	4881	1.31
F6F-5	5088	5310	0.96
N1K2	4840	4555	1.06
Fw 190D-9	5798	3436	1.69
Bf 109K-4	4468	3309	1.35
F4u-1A	4181	2939	1.42
P-47M	4411	2565	1.72
F4U-1D	3760	4664	0.81
Ki-84-Ia	4163	2670	1.56
A-20G	3520	2622	1.34
Yak-3	3436	2434	1.41

[GhostCDB]

It's K/D is higher than the Spit16 and P51. . .

eny 10 or 8, IMO.

+1

[Karnak]

It's K/D is higher than the Spit16 and P51. . .

eny 10 or 8, IMO.

+1

And its use is a fraction of either.

ENY 25.

[Lusche]

Detailed stats breakdown (true air K/D!) in a few days with the start of the new tour... 

[Karnak]

I would like to have seen one more column, the ENY value.

I'll add that when I can, but I am at work and don't have access to ENY values.  My memory is not to be trusted like that.

[Butcher]

at 18 its acceptable because with only 120 rounds for a 20mm, you have to have near perfect aim. Sure its a beast in the air, the ammo supply not so much, what 5-6 seconds at post on continue fire?

Consider this, if it had Two 20mms with 120 rounds each, i'd argue it would be 5 eny.

[Karnak]

at 18 its acceptable because with only 120 rounds for a 20mm, you have to have near perfect aim. Sure its a beast in the air, the ammo supply not so much, what 5-6 seconds at post on continue fire?

Probably more like 10 or so.  Not sure what the rate of fire is, but I doubt it is twice, or more than twice, the Hispano's.  120 rounds for a Hispano MK II is 12 seconds.

[Butcher]

Probably more like 10 or so.  Not sure what the rate of fire is, but I doubt it is twice, or more than twice, the Hispano's.  120 rounds for a Hispano MK II is 12 seconds.

I was only guessing my apologies, but I took up a Yak3 the other night and scored 4 proxies and two kills, while true my aim is a little off - I had a couple of good second bursts into planes, and next thing I know my ammo was dry.
If you consider the Spitfire 9 with twin hispanos or even the Mk 8, I think the Yak is just fine.

I don't see many "Aces" scoring 5 kills and landing, I actually have an easier time landing more kills in a 109K since it takes only one round to down an aircraft.