Do you have a link to this source so we, and more importantly; HiTech, can evaluate it?
Also, I've killed a Yak 3 from dead-6 with a 1 second burst of 13mm MG's in a 190F-8. Seems like a pilot kill through 7mm of armor to me.
Hi,
I already have posted the French Yak-3 pilots manual in another thread, someone even took the time to translate the french in there.
In another game I think they got it right, maneuverable like in AH, but do not dive it too fast- or you will compress it, also they overheat at 100% throttle over time.
Like you I have killed Yak-3's with mg, but other times I have it lit up as a Russian Christmas tree for 1-2 seconds with 4*20mm, and it just flies on, its very inconsistent- if you do the same against any other plane (excluding the B-26) it will render a kill.
Like many here I flew in AH for 10 years almost daily, you know something is right or not (with the damage model of the Yak-3)- against the Yak-9 as an example, you never expericence this problem.