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Originally Posted by Woke Up Dead
Hmm, I don't know if the Yak-3 is faster than the 190As, especially not the A5, 6, or 9; I'm pretty sure IL-2 Compare will show the FWs are at least as fast at all altitudes and the 190D is much faster and climbs well at all altitudes too. Maybe you're confusing the Yak-3 with the much faster Yak-3VK prototype or the Yak-9U? Having said that, they're only faster if they fly in a straight line, as soon as they turn the 190s generate a lot of drag and will lose speed fastery than the Yak-3.
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IL-2 Compare says you are faster in a regular Yak-3 than any Fw190 up to A8, between 1000 and about 5000 m. And climbs better in that range, too. But both not by a wide margin. Vs. A9 you are about even, and vs. D9 you are at a disadvantage.
Yaks vs. 190s is always a tough game in my opinion, you have some advantages, but against capable foes you cannot use them, they either use roll rate or their ability to dive, and you cannot follow either. And even if you could and would, their wingmen wait just for that. If possible and situation allowing(1 on 1), slow the fight, make it a turning contest.
And be aware, that not only when you are hit by Fw190, you are likely to be out of the fight, vice versa its true, too. That seemingly puny armament of a heavy MG and a 20mm cannon can really waste planes, if you can get a concentrated burst to hit home.
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Just tried this vs. veteran AI (in an A-6), QMB, 2000m. 1 on 1. Five times. I avoided the initial head-on and tried to get behind the Fw190, which worked most of the time. They evade, if they are clever with rolling scissors/Split-S, which I counter by pulling up and repositioning or if I feel I can make the shot, I cut across their circles, if they are not so clever, they turn and that's their demise. And never once I had to make the fight slow, on the contrary. That Yak-3 is a monster. It is excellent at all things that that 1B/9 are good at. Visibility all around is excellent, armament is good(Four of my five Fw190 were out of the fight after the first burst), acceleration and climb is superb, and handles like a dream. If the real thing was anything like that, I do not wonder why its pilots considered it excellent.