Originally posted by Fariz:
Great plane. And what about la5, are there more of them in arena now? They shall be more competative now with new FM.
Fariz
Good point, Fariz. I've been thinking about this too. The Lavochkin was my ride until the Yakovlev came, but now I only fly the La-5FN when I'm looking for bombers. Maybe the new FM has been gracious with the La-5 too. It certainly seems that way.
Of the two aircraft the Yakovlev has much wider performance vs altitude, a lot more. In fact, the Yak-9U is good until nearly 24k. The La-5FN roughly tops out at about 17k, and that's a 7k difference. About the only place the Lavochkin may find some parity with the Yakovlev is from 5k, down. But the one thing the La-5FN has over the Yak-9U is two ShVAKs with 200 rds each

, and for me that's a very tempting feature ... decisions, decisions
