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Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Shuckins on June 23, 2004, 10:20:04 AM: Is it just me, or does it seem to anyone else that there are far more Lag-7s being flown in the main arena than ever before?

Is it being overused?

Does anyone actually dogfight with the things...or just run when challenged...only to return to make a fast pass on ya when you're engaged with someone else?

Don't really care...I've shot down my share of them..but it seems to me that there may be more of them than almost any other type.

Regards, Shuckins/Leggern
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Soulyss on June 23, 2004, 10:54:23 AM: The only thing I've noticed is the # of hurricanes flying about seems to be on the rise in AH2. I dunno if the sorties flown is actually higher or if I'm just running into them more lately.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Furious on June 23, 2004, 11:37:40 AM: Not to be a dick, but we have no LaGG's.

LaGG stood for Lavochkin, Gorbunov and Goudkov and their last production plane was, I believe the LaGG-3.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Urchin on June 23, 2004, 11:41:13 AM: I'm not seeing all that many La-7s.. bout as many as before I'd guess.

They just fly more timidly than normal is all, getting used to the FM I suppose.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Engine on June 23, 2004, 11:41:25 AM: Great job Furious, you've done your mitzvah for the day.
Title: Re: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Sikboy on June 23, 2004, 11:52:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Shuckins

Does anyone actually dogfight with the things...or just run when challenged...only to return to make a fast pass on ya when you're engaged with someone else?

Shane does.

But honestly, some of my favorite fights are with La-7s, of course you usually have to "surprise" them into fighting either by overshoot or scissors. I suppose the only trick is that you have to be hauling bellybutton yourself to force the engagement. A the Russians would say: S Volkami Zhit' Po Volche Byt' (I'm sure I've assed up the spelling/transliteration of that lol).

-Sik
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: bustr on June 23, 2004, 05:10:17 PM: If you can catch a La7 alone on the deck, and you are in a P47. 2 notches of flaps and wep is a lot of fun. You eventually get on their tail. Havent had one yet who didn't get rattled by it just before I blew him apart or he augered from snap stalling.

On the other hand most of the time his freinds pile on and I get blown apart or auger. Guess good ideas come back to haunt you.:)
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Kweassa on June 23, 2004, 05:39:57 PM: I actually feel that I see a lot less La-7s.

The 190s are definately on the rise, and so are the 109s.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Soulyss on June 23, 2004, 05:54:53 PM: I've noticed that as well Kweassa. More LW iron flying around it seems, kinda interesting to see the #'s shift. I'm curious to see if the top 5 killers which were always more or less the same month to month AH1 will be different now.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Soulyss on June 23, 2004, 06:06:44 PM: Quote
Not to be a dick,

but you are.... embrace it. :D

hrm... in hindsight may have not been the best choice of words. :)
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Urchin on June 23, 2004, 06:09:44 PM: I'm reasonably confident the top 5 will stay the same. I still see about as many La-7s as I do 109s and 190s combined.
Title: Lotsa Lag...s
Post by: Rasker on June 23, 2004, 06:35:30 PM: where is that page that keeps track of kills by/of each plane each campaign? Is that Innomin's page?