does the Yak3 have a smaller load out then the 9U?
INCONTHEEVABLE! The Yak-9U and its 120 rds of 20mm and 170 rds for each of the two .50 cal MG's were as small as it got.
Can anyone shed some light as to why HTC would go with the -7B? One would have thought that the -9T, -9U, and -3 would have been the main trio for them to use (1 each = EW, MW, LW). One source shows the -7B as being the most numerous version built at over 5000, and the charts are showing similar performance to the -9T. On target with this assessment?
Again, as I compare the -9U and -3 I cant help but think there will be a lot of disappointed people once it arrives. It does not appear as it offers anything more, at least on paper, than the -9U. We all know how well the -9U is used in AH.
It is a great plane but good for little other than in a 1v1 dogfight and that happens oh so very rarely in the MA. Time will tell. *shrugs*