Captured German La-5 flight test

[F4UDOA]

Dtango,

I was on the all about warfare as well. Sucks that it closed.

I have found some things from unusual sources. I do searches on PROCAT docs from the British Air Ministry as well as TAIC. I have a few more up my sleave. I have the American D-9 evaluation (Not that great), the original A6M2 test as well as AAF and Navy test of the A6M5 in comparison to Army and Navy birds. P-47D4 vrs 190A4 and some others.

I collect Pilots Operating handbooks as well.

If you are looking for something specific let me know. Here is one page with lots of good docs to search.

Rings Procat page

TBoltA10,

Thanks, I do have the La-7 report from the VVS. It is also on Tilts webpage. He is the expert on VVS A/C as far as I can tell. Here is the link. The full report is in here somewhere. If you can't find it start a post in the A/C and Vehicles section with your email and I will send it to you.

He has many interesting comparisons on his site as well.

 Tilts Web page

BTW, can't forget my own page as well.

F4UDOA (Marks) webpage

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Originally posted by TBolt A-10
Just thinking that...
1) HTC could code the LA-5 to lose WEP once the a/c is put into a climb at a given rate.
2) The La-5 pilot could start to pass out at altitudes higher than 11,000 ft. due to the lack of proper oxygen supply.

I wonder if HT has this book.  Little intricacies, like these, might make things interesting in AH2.

Certainly would make it interesting of the LA5 couldn't go above 11k due to oxygen problem.  Of course that would probably play better in a scenario.  Enact that in the MA and there would be howling... or no one would fly the La5 any more.

[Tilt]

Originally posted by TBolt A-10

2) The La-5 pilot could start to pass out at altitudes higher than 11,000 ft. due to the lack of proper oxygen supply.

Lavochkins carried oxygen bottles. I do not know how sophisticated the breathing apparatus was but its existance is amatter of record>

[Tilt]

Originally posted by HoHun
Hi everyone,

Here's my current picture of Lavochkin history, picking the main versions though there were more and transient versions, too:


Henning (HoHun)

Its a good `summary Ho Hun. I think the only aspect that blends across some of the La5F's up until the last La5FN's is the introduction of 1st a metal wing spar and latterly a metal wing inner structures. This combined with eventual standardisation of fuel tanks.

Plus the La5FN introduced latterly rod linkages for some control planes rather than cable