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FPSOlkor
11-15-2010, 02:11 PM
http://airforce.ru/history/cold_war/shevchenko/shevchenko_en.htm
kammo
11-15-2010, 04:15 PM
Thank you! A interesting read.
SG1_Gunkan
11-16-2010, 12:57 PM
Why so many problems for the landing in the La9? Perhaps for bad visibility? La5 and La7 don't have these problems?
FPSOlkor
11-16-2010, 04:55 PM
Why so many problems for the landing in the La9? Perhaps for bad visibility? La5 and La7 don't have these problems?

More powerful engine on virtually the same airframe = higher torque effect. Besides La-5 had this problem, for example Golubev from 4 GvIAP KBF recollected that this airplane had a severe tendency to overturn via roll to the left when throttle was fully aplied on final aproach...
SG1_Gunkan
11-16-2010, 06:23 PM
More powerful engine on virtually the same airframe = higher torque effect. Besides La-5 had this problem, for example Golubev from 4 GvIAP KBF recollected that this airplane had a severe tendency to overturn via roll to the left when throttle was fully aplied on final aproach...

Thank you very much, i didn't know.