Yak3

[Nemisis]

yak -3 came after the 9 although the designs were started first,and it was faster as far as anything i have ever read! it was smaller and lighter, i do not remeber about the motor, but i do know i have read that it could have been the best fighter of the war, with the exeption of amount of rounds, as is with all yaks!
 i have been wanting it for as long as i have been playing and there are many threads about it, just do a search!

Just throwing this out there, but Ive heard that the Yak-9 didn't have an ammo counter.....

[WWhiskey]

Just throwing this out there, but Ive heard that the Yak-9 didn't have an ammo counter.....

they all had ammo counters! you pull the trigger and nothing comes out, that is zero!  lol     

just funnin 

[Nemisis]

they all had ammo counters! you pull the trigger and nothing comes out, that is zero!  lol     

just funnin 

Lol  . But serisouly, can anyone tell me if that true. I mean thats what I heard they used as ammo counters. You shoot but nothing comes out and you head home. Ive also heard that one of the Yak9 modles didn't have a fuel gauge, and they had to guess how much fuel they had....

[AWwrgwy]

Lol  . But serisouly, can anyone tell me if that true. I mean thats what I heard they used as ammo counters. You shoot but nothing comes out and you head home.

You mean like P-51's, P-47's, F4u's, etc.?

The only "ammo counters" I've seen are in German aircraft.

All the accounts I've read of American pilots speak of a burst of solid tracers to warn of the impending end of gun fire.

Ammo counters are for dummies who play games.

 

wrongway

[Nemisis]

You mean like P-51's, P-47's, F4u's, etc.?

The only "ammo counters" I've seen are in German aircraft.

All the accounts I've read of American pilots speak of a burst of solid tracers to warn of the impending end of gun fire.

Ammo counters are for dummies who play games.

 

wrongway

Yes like the ones we have in the game. Are you telling me that WWII pilots didn't have those?

[Karnak]

Yes like the ones we have in the game. Are you telling me that WWII pilots didn't have those?

Very much so.  Some German fighters had little bars that shrank as ammo was used, when the bar was gone, no shooting.

Other pilots just had to keep track of it mentally.  The tracer thing was used, but some pilots didn't like it as it told your enemy you were almost out of ammo too.

[Ruler2]

. Ive also heard that one of the Yak9 modles didn't have a fuel gauge, and they had to guess how much fuel they had....

Wow. Surely they had a psychic course to counter this?   

[Nemisis]

Thats what I've heard, they took new pilots up with an instructor in a trainer, and had the recruits find how much fuel they had based on fuel capacity, fuel burn, flight time, and manifold preasure...

[Anaxogoras]

Many aircraft that we fly in AH did not have ammo counters, aileron/rudder trim, autopilot, automatic mixture/pitch, automatic radiator/cowl flaps, etc.  There was a lot more work to do in managing the aircraft's systems on top of flying.

[gpwurzel]

How can you not want something like this ingame?



Taken in Duxford 2008

Wurzel

[BlauK]

A lovely TARGET

[USCH]

Yes like the ones we have in the game. Are you telling me that WWII pilots didn't have those?

correct... as far as i have seen only german 's had them and not in all aircraft eather.... our ammo counters are just for us

[Nemisis]

A lovely TARGET

IDK, looks pretty deadly to MW standards, and looks decent by LW standards....

[AWwrgwy]

IDK, looks pretty deadly to MW standards, and looks decent by LW standards....

Seeing service primarily in 1945, it would be quite deadly in MW.   

RE: Ammo counters, etc. 

I read somewhere that some Russian A/C also didn't have artificial horizons.  The hole was there in the dash but it was empty.  I found this significant when the LA was remodeled and had an empty hole or two in the dash that was eventually filled.


wrongway

[Nemisis]

I guess the Russians thought planes AND pilots were replacable...