Oleg Maddox's Room #1

[nearmiss]

Originally Posted by Bobb4

And the LA 7 is an incredibly dangerous opponent to dog-fight.
Its main flaw is poor dive performance. Engine management is all about listening to the engine and comes with experience. Playing with it’ fuel mixture and engaging and disengaging superchargers are all part of it’s charm.
Whenever one shoots me down, I feel that I have been truly outclassed because I know the pilot has had to work for his kill especially in a protracted engagement.
The first time I flew a Lagg I thought I had blown an engine before I learnt about fuel mixtures.
They take long to master do the Russian planes but once you do they are sweet and deadly.
So stick with the LA7, it is the best Red fighter mid to late war.

Interesting. ---------------- thanks for your response

I agree listening to the sound of the engine is about all you can do to get the Prop pitch and pwer setting correct. I haven't worked with mixture much, but I was trying to catch a 109 the other day and he was extending and pulling away as we got higher. I wasn't sputtering, but the LA-7 was definitely running out of power at a 12+ degree climb rate as we got higher.

I enjoy flying the LA-7, but that wiggling stick is a distraction I have a hard time accepting. Oleg, has been so good about things like that. Blocking the Slip and Ball, and the RPM gauge just doesn't fit with Oleg's penchant for flying C.E.M.

The visual is great from the LA-7. I hate the visually confined cockpits,i.e., late model Spits, FW190,BF109s...I hate the HUD more. Therefore I fly the aircraft with the least restricted cockpit viewing with as much of the right stuff as possible.