Author Topic: We need to change our attitudes towards Lavochkin La-7 (Read 2169 times)

AWMac · « **Reply #30 on:** April 23, 2003, 03:11:22 PM »

Yeppers the 109G-10 is sweeeeeeet!

DrDea · « **Reply #31 on:** April 23, 2003, 10:43:57 PM »

I dont know about the G10.I prefer the G6 myself but I like to TnB more too:rolleyes:

vorticon · « **Reply #32 on:** April 24, 2003, 01:22:40 PM »

dr.drea our right in many respects with that but seriously i was able to land more kills in the MA (i was furballing though) than i was in the hth...also i found nateMAW a fairly easy kill that one time i caught him in the hth...yes it is clubbing baby seals in the hth for the most part because thats what all the players are except for a very small group of players that are quite good...

i do beleive you need this link ike tarddance

and finaly rather than giving some respect to people that fly a certain plane how about you give your respect to everyone...if you dont there just gonna end up killing you...

Yeager · « **Reply #33 on:** April 24, 2003, 01:43:12 PM »

Who is this "we" you talk about? You got a mouse in your pocket or sumthin?

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #34 on:** April 24, 2003, 03:09:27 PM »

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Originally posted by vorticon

i do beleive you need this link ike tarddance

Here's what i do to vorticon everytime he gets shot down in a spit while i lead him with 8 .50 cals

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...and finaly rather than giving some respect to people that fly a certain plane how about you give your respect to everyone...

i do, but shooting a spit down in a P-47 in tight-turns with hi-"E" is something and it makes you feel profesional.

Widewing · « **Reply #35 on:** April 24, 2003, 05:59:31 PM »

Let's understand something up front. In the real world, the La-7 was not quite so formidable. Indeed, the Luftwaffe was far more concerned with the Yak-3.

In Korea, Lavochkins (and Yaks for that matter) were slaughtered by P-51s and F4Us. Moreover, these were the later models of the Lavochkins, the La-9 and La-11.

As relates to this game, the La-7 is no better than the guy flying it. To my mind, anyone deliberately challenging a Typhoon to an HO is an idiot anyway, and this is common behavior among the La-7 crowd.

As a fighter the La-7 is, well, just ok. It's fast and allows one to escape situations that would normally end in a shootdown. However, if I want high performance, I'll take the F4U-4. If they ever correct the under-modeled climb rate and drop the "4" from the icon, it'll actually be worth the perks.

My regards,

Widewing

vorticon · « **Reply #36 on:** April 24, 2003, 06:39:15 PM »

ROFLMAO your a tard ike...first i NEVER fly a spit...second EVERYSINGLE TIME YOU ENGAGED ME WAS A HO...i never gave you a single turnfight...oh yeah and if i was forced to be locked in a room with 1 other person for a month i think id take agent69...wait no you dont know about him your to new (my god a hther who has been around all of 4 months is trying to tell ma people what to do...)

oh and ike ill take you and win anytime any place...

Ike 2K# · « **Reply #37 on:** April 24, 2003, 09:07:15 PM »

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Originally posted by Widewing
Let's understand something up front. In the real world, the La-7 was not quite so formidable. Indeed, the Luftwaffe was far more concerned with the Yak-3.

In Korea, Lavochkins (and Yaks for that matter) were slaughtered by P-51s and F4Us. Moreover, these were the later models of the Lavochkins, the La-9 and La-11.

Those DPRK (democratic peoples' republic of korea) pilots were badly trained and sources says that they were only taugh how to land, take-off, and fly from nav alpha to beta

a north korean La-11

"white" prints

this photo shot position reminds me of the Fw-190 A5/A8

bj229r · « **Reply #38 on:** April 24, 2003, 09:34:23 PM »

please spare us from Ike threads!

BenDover · « **Reply #39 on:** April 24, 2003, 09:38:10 PM »

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Originally posted by bj229r
please spare us from Ike threads!

I second the proposal, all agree? (just post: Iii.....ke is a tard.)

AdmRose · « **Reply #40 on:** April 24, 2003, 10:55:13 PM »

Give me the 110 any day, more guns, more ammo, more engines, more ATG watermelon = more fun in my opinion....

Who in their right mind would HO not four, but six cannons?

Widewing · « **Reply #41 on:** April 25, 2003, 12:09:41 AM »

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Originally posted by Ike 2K#
Those DPRK (democratic peoples' republic of korea) pilots were badly trained and sources says that they were only taugh how to land, take-off, and fly from nav alpha to beta

North Koreans were trained by Soviet and Chinese instructors. Some Lavochkins were flown by Chinese pilots.

What did in the Soviet piston-engine fighters was superior American airmenship, and vastly better combat tactics. Typically, the North Koreans adhered to Soviet doctrine, which like virtually every other Soviet military doctine then and even as late as the 1990s, was fatally flawed.

By the way, the first two images you posted come from my Korean War website.

My regards,

Widewing

DrDea · « **Reply #42 on:** April 25, 2003, 02:10:21 AM »

Yea ya really have to take into account training at the time.US pilots were drilled much more on A2A than Koreans at the time.Hard to judge the plane by the pilots.

Citabria · « **Reply #43 on:** April 25, 2003, 04:56:35 AM »

la7 is crappy at deflection and long range shots and good at everything else

Pongo · « **Reply #44 on:** April 25, 2003, 10:11:56 AM »

Did the later Las still have the Ash 82 engine?