Author Topic: Added La-5 engine wav. (Read 703 times)

fscott · « **on:** January 03, 2001, 10:35:00 AM »

http://corn555.tripod.com/sounds.html

fscott

Dowding · « **Reply #1 on:** January 06, 2001, 04:26:00 PM »

Excellent FScott!

Where did you get it from, and could you do an engine start/stop for the La5?

Cheers,

Koba

Dowding · « **Reply #2 on:** January 06, 2001, 04:29:00 PM »

Check out the plane in my sig. The magazine it's scanned from says it's a Yak, but it looks awfully like an La5 to me. This particular plane was at the Reno air races last year.

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Koba
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No. 272 Squadron "Whispering Death"

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Laika · « **Reply #3 on:** January 07, 2001, 12:14:00 AM »

Tnks fscott, my fav plane sounds much better now

leonid · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2001, 12:57:00 AM »

Actually, Dowding, that is a Yakovlev airframe mated to a radial. Probably a Yak-9 airframe (note canopy). Reminds me of the VVS Yak-3 experimental with ASh-82FN radial. It was a real beast, but never saw production - 1800hp pushing less than 6000lbs.

Dowding · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2001, 05:13:00 PM »

I see what you mean leonid.

But Russian planes are pretty new ground to me.

Sorrow[S=A] · « **Reply #6 on:** January 10, 2001, 09:03:00 PM »

In general it's safe to assume there are no flying Lachovin Airframes left of the La-5-7 era. They were all made of wood and deteriorated badly over the years. However there _should_ be some around of the Chech trainer based on the La-7. It was retired in 1980 and the only major difference was in construction methods.

mx22 · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2001, 09:25:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Sorrow[S=A]:
In general it's safe to assume there are no flying Lachovin Airframes left of the La-5-7 era. They were all made of wood and deteriorated badly over the years. However there _should_ be some around of the Chech trainer based on the La-7. It was retired in 1980 and the only major difference was in construction methods.

Acctaully in one of the Moscow's museums (I think it might be Monino) they have Kozhedub's La-7. Presentation a/c with 3 HSU awards and 62 kills. It was put there right after the war, but I don't know if it still has engine inside.

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Sorrow[S=A] · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2001, 07:10:00 PM »

There are several examples mx- but none are flyable. The glue that was used to keep the wooden fueselage supports in place had a life expectancy of 10 years max- when Kozhedub's plane was put there the glue was found to have deteriorated by about 50%, yet the plane was not only flyable it was even predicted by the original design! But by now 30 years later none of these planes would have the structural integrity to go airborne.

I wonder about those trainers though- They seemed to have been built under license for Checheslovakia straight from the La-7 design with the Ash-82FN. They _should_ be very close to the same characteristics of the La-7 albeit lighter and with different construction internally. Yet I cannot find the exact Lachovin designation for them, just a fleeting mention on the company history and a note that the production run was 2,000 planes and last one was retired in 1980. Could anyone help here?