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Originally Posted by Drvn1
OK so last night I unlocked this littl piece oif history.. i love how it manuevers and flies. However with only 1 Machine gun and 1 cannon it seems to fall way short on shoot down power.. What are some of the ways I can use this plane? How should it be used? I found it rather useless against a bombing run online last night LOL...
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In reality, the Yak-1b was short on firepower, but the pilots didn't mind this little flaw because it gave them excellent roll rate and speed, compared to the heavier armed 109s and later in the years, 190s.
As for how to fly the plane, you must always keep your speed up. Try to get your enemy into a turning fight, because you'll without a doubt be able to outturn the victim, and soon enough, you'll be close enough to just fill your sights with the enemy fighter. As for being used, keep it low altitude, and if your enemy's lower in altitude than yourself, dive on him with 80% throttle, and then pull out of the dive and he should be yours with a quick burst or two in the engine. For all the Yak's and Russian planes, closeness is the key to victory and a new victim. That's how the Russian's built the Yak's, La's, Polikarpov's, and other fighters of the time. They don't have much range for guns, but were used to get in close, and fire. (Kinda like how Japanese planes were too.) They used the closeness because if they had an enemy on their own tail, it was likely if they missed the Russian plane, to hit their friend. But the Russian guns also did a lot more damage up close, and their rounds were more likely to hit in the first place.
And for dealing with bombers, Yak's of any sort should not be used really, unless it's the Yak-9T. (Personally I don't care for this, and think they should have just used a Yak-9 or Yak-9D model. The "T" stands for tank, and that's why it's got such a large 37mm cannon in the nose which makes the plane quiet wobbly when fired for too long. Since it's frame is so light.)
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Originally Posted by Drvn1
Also I struggle with deciding between the YAK 1 and the Spitfire MK II... What do you guys think is the better plane ? Seems to me that the YAK is a better interceptor/ annoyance in the air and the spitfire is better at boom and zoom...
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For close dogfighting and high speed fights. The Yak-1 is my choice, because it's roll rate and actually, in reality had a better rate of climb than the Spitfire MK II... because it was so light and fast. For intercepting bombers, though, I'd go with the Spitfire, but fighters, I'd choose the Yak-1 because of it's size advantage, and pretty much all around ability to get in close and just burst enemies from the sky!
(And whoever saw this, and was going to say, "I feel Soviet Ace coming," or something like that... too late.
