I want to love the Yak 3. It rolls so nicely. It looks fabulous. But I don't find that, in terms of performance, it is in the same league as the La-5. It just doesn't turn as well. As for the La-7...different league. It's faster and more maneuverable. The plane is ridiculous. I pretty much choose not to fly it, on principle.

I need to learn how to make the roll rate of the Yak 3 work for me, because I want to love this plane.

For the Yak-3 and the rest of the Russian planes. Just have the sensitivity on ailerons and elevators all the way up (max). Then you'll see what the Yak-3 can do. ;)

"Just have the sensitivity on ailerons and elevators all the way up (max). Then you'll see what the Yak-3 can do."

Namely, stall.

Okay, but seriously for the Yak 3, I have ailerons at 20/20 and elevators at 18/20. At 19 or 20/20, I would stall on a tight turn, so I bumped it back one more.

Well how fast are you going into a turn? You might be going into the turn to slow. I usually go into a turn around 70% throttle, sometimes a little more or less.

I hardly ever have a problem with stalls when I'm like that. And the Yak-3 always out turns my enemy while doing so. :cool:

It seems I was going too fast, perhaps. I'll give it a try later tonight then--you've got me excited because I love that plane and want to be able to do well in it. It's definitely my favourite in terms of looks. :)

My sig would agree. :D As well as my constant mentioning, and knowledge on the plane. :cool:

Well I just spent about 45 minutes testing the two. I found a flat spot of ground and crashed, leaving a nice fire and smoke as the "starting point" of my turns, then turned 4 or 5 complete circles at full speed, then again at ~70 percent thrust.

The Yak 3 certainly performed worse at top speed than it did slightly slower. The best I could get was approximately 10.5 seconds for a complete circle.

In the La7 I was able to squeeze out around 9.5-10. I'm going to assume you know the planes slightly better and that you could get the yak to turn a little faster--so I'll grant that they are even, or that the Yak is slightly better under these non-combat conditions.

The difficulty is that in combat, the La-7 would toast the Yak because its superior engine would allow it to Yo-Yo more effectively, (in the La-7, I was able to turn at much higher speeds).

Final analysis: more testing required, but so far I would take an La7 into a TnB fight over a Yak 3--but I DID learn that the Yak is better than I thought and that I'd be willing to fly it at least. :)

I love the La-7, although I do have the problem with accuracy. Even though I still miss a lot, I've found that trying to deal with the La-7's guns has improved my accuracy with other aircraft.