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Title: Its time for....
Post by: weazel on March 25, 2002, 03:58:08 PM
This beauty.  :cool:

(http://www.btinternet.com/~lee_mail/Yak3-1.jpg)

Bring the Yak-3 to AH!  
Title: Its time for....
Post by: SageFIN on March 25, 2002, 06:14:11 PM
No way, there would be no end to the whines coming from the US-, luft- and britwobbles :D

Btw, what's the story of the plane in the pic? Looks like it reads somethingsomething of California in the front.
Title: Its time for....
Post by: Wotan on March 25, 2002, 06:41:59 PM
no there wouldnt yaks limited ammo load keep them rare.

A yak3 is a bad bellybutton no doudt but you wont see as many of them as la7s.

I would hope for some early vvs but any new vvs plane would be great.
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Post by: Staga on March 25, 2002, 06:56:46 PM
Sage Yakovlev was making replica Yak-3's powered with Merlin engines with old jigs and tools from fourties. I believe that plane is one of them.
Title: Its time for....
Post by: Raubvogel on March 25, 2002, 07:04:34 PM
I'm pretty sure that is a model cleverly photgraphed to appear real.
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Post by: brady on March 25, 2002, 07:08:30 PM
I 16 would be great for the CT.
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on March 25, 2002, 07:24:23 PM
I'm pretty sure that is a model cleverly photgraphed to appear real.



Nope that is not a model.
Title: Its time for....
Post by: Staga on March 25, 2002, 07:53:48 PM
Model with Champion spark-plug adversitement ? well maybe but these are real: http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/yak3.html and http://www.nzfpm.co.nz/former/yak3.htm
Title: Its time for....
Post by: Karnak on March 25, 2002, 08:22:17 PM
Yak-3 should be added I think.
Title: How about the Yak 3T?
Post by: weazel on March 25, 2002, 08:36:19 PM
Yak-3T: anti-tank version built in small numbers with 37-mm N-37 cannon and two 20-mm B-20S cannon.

Slobber!

HTC could also easily make the Yak-1 at the same time.  :cool:
Title: Its time for....
Post by: Soviet on March 25, 2002, 08:44:12 PM
Yak-3 is actually a later yak than the Yak-9u,  it would be pretty balanced in the MA, it's slower than the the yak-9u, turns better (turns 360 degrees in about 3 or 4 less seconds than the yak-9u IIRC and has the same armorment as the yak-9u (which keeps the spray and prayers out of it)  so all in all it's a good plane that would be great for the Russian plane set

Now all the Russians need is a Il-2M3 with 2 37mm cannons :D
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Post by: fdiron on March 25, 2002, 09:09:22 PM
PERK RADIO CONTROLLED MODELS IN ACES HIGH!!!
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Post by: pbirmingham on March 25, 2002, 09:10:24 PM
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Originally posted by Raubvogel
I'm pretty sure that is a model cleverly photgraphed to appear real.



Bet not.  Look at the heat shimmers coming off the tarmac; they're the right size relative to a real plane, much too small if it's a model.
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Post by: Raubvogel on March 25, 2002, 10:32:16 PM
Whats up with the reflective tarmac then? I spent countless days on hot flightlines....I've never seen them reflect.
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Post by: Squire on March 25, 2002, 10:50:54 PM
Isnt the Yak-9U the supreme dogfighter for the VVS? Yak-3 is almost identical isnt it? Yak-9U in AH is a beautifull ride.
Title: Its time for....
Post by: weazel on March 25, 2002, 10:55:08 PM
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Originally posted by Soviet
Yak-3 is actually a later yak than the Yak-9u,  it would be pretty balanced in the MA, it's slower than the the yak-9u, turns better (turns 360 degrees in about 3 or 4 less seconds than the yak-9u IIRC and has the same armorment as the yak-9u (which keeps the spray and prayers out of it)  so all in all it's a good plane that would be great for the Russian plane set

Now all the Russians need is a Il-2M3 with 2 37mm cannons :D


The AH Yak 9U has a top speed of 425 mph, the Yak 3 with VK-107a engine should have a top speed of 447 mph (720 km/h) according to most sources I've found.

There were various experimental conversions of the Yak-3:  Yak-3/VK-108: experimental and fastest Yak-3 aircraft with VK-108 engine, first flown 19 December 1944, demonstrated a maximum speed of 463 mph (745 km/h) at 19,685 ft (6,000 m)

(http://www.kotfsc.com/aircraft/graphics/yak3-main.jpg)

Maybe the tarmac was wet Raub?

We need this one, all the poor lil yellow stripe mudstain pile-its will surely be whining.  ;)
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Post by: fdiron on March 26, 2002, 09:13:22 AM
Thats got to be an r/c aircraft.  Why else would the camera be on the ground?  People put cameras at ground level when they try to make stuff look bigger.
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Post by: Jester on March 26, 2002, 10:19:49 AM
Nope Fdiron, it is real. They are making YAK-3UA's again. Powered with a Merlin or Allison engine - your choice.

You can pick one up factory fresh for just $350,000 (+tax :D )

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