Who else like's the Yak .

[Rich46yo]

I Love the Yaks.

[zack1234]

Yak9T is mine

39 Cannons is to much

[thndregg]

Limited ammo forces me to make my shots count, which is actually a good training tool.
If you can be effective with something that only carries 120 rounds, or 32 of the 37mm, think of what you can do with something more abundantly armed. 

[GhostCDB]

Yak's are so easy to beat its funny, they all do the same thing. 

[Reaper90]

Yak9T is mine

39 Cannons is to much

You know I only let you borrow my 9T. 

Don't go painting over my nekkid girl nose art just because I haven't been flying her in a while, she's still MY PLANE, Zack!

<--- doesn't feel right landing the 9T with fewer than 5 kills. Yes, she's all that.

[Coalcat1]

Yak7b is best yak. 40 ENY FTW! 

It should be 30 at most, great plane.

[Latrobe]

It should be 30 at most, great plane.

SHHHHHHH!!! I like it at 40! I get more perks for killing Spit16s and P51Ds that way. 

[Flench]

Limited ammo forces me to make my shots count, which is actually a good training tool.
If you can be effective with something that only carries 120 rounds, or 32 of the 37mm, think of what you can do with something more abundantly armed. 

What I'm thinking too .

[Someguy63]

Yak's are so easy to beat its funny, they all do the same thing. 

 

[Lusche]

Again, I just find it a really interesting part of the game, a plane that was given SO much attention and praise, that has fallen from common use, unlike the first week or so it was around.  I wish Lusche could chart it's use that first week or two, and compare it say to the last couple weeks.    

As the Yak-3 was introduced was not at the beginning of tour 162 but some days later, the actual 'usage' was initially actually higher than the 2.70%, possibly in the range of 4-6%. But that's nothing special, most new toys get a initially heavy usage which drops off after 1-2 weeks. In case of planes like the He 111, this drop off is rather massive... in case of the Yak-3 it's been surprisingly small.

For comparison, the Yak-7b (intruduced at the same time):




EDIT: Yes, that's a typo in the title of the second graph. It's meant to be (K+D), not (D+D), of course.

[Chris79]

From my experiences, I have found that most people who up Yak3's treat them like Spits. As for a "ENY5" bird you must be insane. If it could do 365 on the deck and carry 500kg of ord then you may have a point. Some people complain about the range and firepower of the Yak3, I however never really had an issue with both those issues. One can easily fly 1.5 sectors fur-ball a bit and have enough juice to make it home. As for firepower, I have routinely dropped sets of buffs with them unassisted and de-acked fields. The only question I really have is the "ENY23" Yak9u, in many ways I find it to be Superior to the yak3

[tunnelrat]

The Yak9t's cannon is the AIM-154 of Aces High... definitely one of my favorite planes   

[Tilt]

Yak3 is a terrible plane. I would not reccomend it to anyone......

[zack1234]

You know I only let you borrow my 9T. 

Don't go painting over my nekkid girl nose art just because I haven't been flying her in a while, she's still MY PLANE, Zack!

<--- doesn't feel right landing the 9T with fewer than 5 kills. Yes, she's all that.

 

[Ack-Ack]

I find out planes like the Spitfire IX and VIII are far more difficult to fly and fight against than the Yak-3 or any other Yak variant.

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