out accelerates almost everything in game, amazingly fast and 450 rounds of cannon
out accelerates almost everything in game, amazingly fast and 450 rounds of cannon
I don't think eny of 5 would be inappropriate, but perked? Then one must also perk the Spixteen, D pony, etc etc etcI am 100% ok with perking the spixteen the d I'm not entirely in agreement with
Like I said.. poor range, marginal cannons (regardless of ammo capacity), poor high alt performance, etc..
It has lots of strengths, true, but it not without faults...... if it came with drop tanks and cannons with a little better ballistics the YEH it might deserve perks.
meh.
marginal cannons (compared to other "cannon birds"), short range, average (at best) low speed handling, poor high altitude performance.
LA~7 great bird, should be in the 5 range or even a small perk, I still think every plane should be perked:-) Oak I dont think many vets fly it, if they did you would see it differently LA7 will eat any 47, except over 10K were it just goes down hill......one of the best low altitude fighters of the intire war. ~if not the best, from what ive read. great for comming into a hourd trying to take a base, and disrupting there day :-) if ya up from the nearest base, drop your RPM's and still can do 300mph get ya there fast, have enough fuel to wreck havoc, kill all there goons.....lol once you get the guns down that is, many dont realize how deadly it is they use it as a BnZer almost exclusivly, put it in the hands of someone who knows it......look out that thing is wicked
How many times did you get shot down by a LA-7 last night DMGOD? The only thing I don't like about it is the unforgiving wicked wing drop at slow speeds. Happens quite often when flying on the egde of a stall turn fighting with turny birds.i get shot down a lot everyday. Has nothing to do with this post. I just don't comprehend how the LA7 is a 8 eny and not perked.
Well as others have said. Short legs,450rounds of very poor ballistics 20mm,does'nt take hits well in some areas. If you HO with it you will lose at least two guns in the pass. Fly it more often you might like it.If you feather prop a bit u get plenty of travel in it. 450 rounds of 20mm even if bad ballistics still plenty enough for 5+ kills. Hard to hit something if u can't catch it and if you know anything avoiding ho is easiest thing in game
Well as others have said. Short legs,450rounds of very poor ballistics 20mm,does'nt take hits well in some areas. If you HO with it you will lose at least two guns in the pass. Fly it more often you might like it.
How is the LA 7 not perked and more so how did it go from a 5 eny to an 8? What am I missing?
Its a harder plane to fight in now, it used to be what the spit16 is today in the MA.
Its a harder plane to fight in now, it used to be what the spit16 is today in the MA.Like I said. The LA7 is easier to fly than the spit 16 is for me. Love the LA. Its a great tard chaser and Hotard killer.
Crap plane. I wouldn't be caught dead in it.
If you feather prop a bit u get plenty of travel in it. 450 rounds of 20mm even if bad ballistics still plenty enough for 5+ kills. Hard to hit something if u can't catch it and if you know anything avoiding ho is easiest thing in game
meh.Ive outdone many an enemy in the La7 with a bit of skill put into it. low speed handling is awkward at first but you can still do some stuff in it
marginal cannons (compared to other "cannon birds"), short range, average (at best) low speed handling, poor high altitude performance.
Ive outdone many an enemy in the La7 with a bit of skill put into it. low speed handling is awkward at first but you can still do some stuff in it
It's a crappy plane, I hate it, would never fly it. :huhlol
defo not perk worthy. Its a strong late war plane with on really good strong point (speed) and a few weak points (wepons, abrupt stall).3 B20s are not weak at all... few well placed rounds and the baby bird in front of you is going byebye. Its just the drop rate of the russian 20s that get ya and the ammo load
Slow it down and you can get it to auger a lot.
3 B20s are not weak at all... few well placed rounds and the baby bird in front of you is going byebye. Its just the drop rate of the russian 20s that get ya and the ammo load
How is the LA 7 not perked and more so how did it go from a 5 eny to an 8? What am I missing?
How is the LA 7 not perked and more so how did it go from a 5 eny to an 8? What am I missing?
Well I already told you I am not that good,but I can avoid the HO when I want. Don't much care if I go into a HO because I am gonna hit with cannons and the plane. Lately I have been coming out on the flying end of the collision. If you point your nose at me expect the collision cause I won't avoid it. The planes are free.
I really do not know who the vets are in the La-7.
Wow. I haven't seen a "perk the LA7 thread in years.
They were all the rage when I first started playing.
LA7 use seemed to drop off when the graphics were updated. Harder to see out of.
Otherwise, it's just dandy where it is.
wrongway
Wow. I haven't seen a "perk the LA7 thread in years.
They were all the rage when I first started playing.
LA7 use seemed to drop off when the graphics were updated. Harder to see out of.
Otherwise, it's just dandy where it is.
wrongway
No vet with any self respect would ever fly a LALA. Plus, as many said, the plane just sucks :old:I fly it all the time :(
I fly it all the time :(
No vet with any self respect would ever fly a LALA. Plus, as many said, the plane just sucks :old:
ya Oak no vet is gonna take an LA over 10k, its performance is crippled up there, big time. I Cant see charts on my phone but im sure if ya checked it out you would see large performance drop starting at 10k and just getting worse from there the higher you go, one thing I do like about it it is VERY hard to compress, the nose just wants to go up....it seems like it will pull itself out of compression lol it has awesome high speed manuevering, holds E great, regains it, and the wing drop is easy to control with some rudder, if ya havnt flown it much, take it up for a month youll be suprized at how vicious it is. Just keep it under 10K. you can reverse a zero so fast in that thing lol the guns are a bit whacky but hit very hard once ya get the hang of them. Which I still dont have haha
Maybe i miss understood what ink said. I thought he was talking about the vet that know how to fly the La-7 in a deadly way.
I said no self respecting vet. :old: I wont even go near that dweeb ride ;)
Kappa and SF are pretty good in them.
Kappa and SF are pretty good in them.
See? Told you they are easy mode :old:
Juggler, go away! :furious
maybe I need to spit out Deds hook but he caught me good.......The LA is a great plane that is awesome to fight against the hourd, why you and others dont like it I just cant understand, I dont fly it as often as I used to,I was enjoying the KI84.... you being a vet should know there are No dweeb planes just dweeb sticks, any "vet" who doesnt realize that is well just a dweeb himself....and never before have I thought of you like that.....once again I say THERE ARE NO DWEEB PLANES JUST DWEEB STICKS.....PERIOD Oak I didnt mean it was impossable to compress just hard to get it to.....and like Kar said Ive never augerd the LA ether and I do use flaps get it low and slow and have out manouvered zero's on the deck.....again you fight the stick not so much the plane.
:D I just think it is funny when people complain about the La7. There is only one reason they do. It can run down runstangs and pick90s lol. To make it worse, once those guys get run down by a lala, they really don't have a chance against it since all they have learned is to run, err extend.
There is another class of people that don;t like the lala. Spit16 drivers. The plane has enough power to go up with them and can turn enough to kill them. Not because it does anything better than the Spit, but because they cant fly. Therefore, the post about the LA. Like an ENY of 5 would have save them lol.
Bat,
I think it is time
If you feather prop a bit u get plenty of travel in it. 450 rounds of 20mm even if bad ballistics still plenty enough for 5+ kills. Hard to hit something if u can't catch it and if you know anything avoiding ho is easiest thing in game
RVflyer...I just decrease the rpm's, to extend it further dethrottle, thats not nessesary though.
you can fly a sector if the rpm's are dropped to I think around 25~20 once you get there youll still have almost a full tank hehebring it back to 20 @ 10 k and have about 40 minutes of flight time at 325 level flight
Dedalos's second scenario there best describes DMCOD (courtesy of Silat)
When speaking of range, feathering the prop isn't really all that useful. Of course I coulod fly most efficient setting, and feather the prop, but that isn't very practical. Whn talking about performance, it has great acceleration, top speed, views, roll, and overall turning ability. With that said, the ballistics are marginal, and the range isn't anything to write home about. All things considered, it should be ENY 5 IMO.
Nice flying Ded, enjoyed watching that one..
Wurzel
You guys know that the La-7 and La-5FN could both carry two 80L drop tanks, right?not modeled here........there IS a God :aok
not modeled here........there IS a God :aok
But, again, it might not have carried them. It would be nice to hear from someone who's well read on the aircraft.
that would be....
tilt...
:bolt:
that would be....
tilt...
:bolt:
Speaking of good La 7 drivers
Comrades are mistaken , Lavochkin’s never had droop tahnks. Once fool of vodka we vood never drop them.
Comrades are mistaken , Lavochkin’s never had droop tahnks. Once fool of vodka we vood never drop them.:lol
What? Lowering RPM's is one of the best ways to extend your range... That's why a lot of aircraft's cruise settings at altitude are RPMs down, full throttle. Look at an E6B when you come back to max cruise RPM, even without changing throttle position, you gain a TON of range.feathering only can happen once your prop cant accelerate you anymore (aka you can feather at lower speeds but your throttle must be cut or pulled way back also. Slowing RPMs isnt technically feathering is it?
Higher RPMs = more explosions per second (which means more fuel per second).
La5 feels better to me, especially under 200
If tilt is the resident Lavochkin authority then I'll take his word for it.