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Originally Posted by gaunt1
And yes, the Yak-3 was a truly excellent plane in RL too. It had somewhat less maneuverability than earlier models, but it is compensated by far superior speed and climb.
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QFT. Russians actually tried to make Yak-1(B) more "FW-ish", which gave birth to Yak-3 (initially designated Yak-1M) which had
larger turning circle (compared to earlier models with larger wings) in favor better roll, acceleration, climb, etc, which all made it a better dogfighter.