LA-7 love/hate relationship

[Lost Apiarist]

Haha. No slight intended, it is a fine aircraft. I guess I just like being a black sheep (hey that can be my new call sign! )

Robotic Pope: Hmm good to hear that it is my skill and not a firepower problem with the plane. I am all for trying out new aircraft, but at this point I am so far behind the curve, having just recently picked up the game and not really having a lot of experience with flyers I need to concentrate on getting proficient with one for now.

Thanks for the replies.

Edit:I think that a lot of my problem just lies with the sensitivity/twitchyness of the plane and the small Field of Fire that the LA-7 has. Do love the no recoil though.

[ButcherBird]

not a fan of the LA7, its just too dam overpowered. IT turns on a dime, and is even fast enough to run down a boom and zoom plane.

And as far as it being under-armed, from my experience the 2x 20mm cannons with very littel recoil is plenty enough to rack up clean kills.

anyway, just wish the russian aircraft were a little more even with the british planes and the US widowmakers or if you want to call them aircraft in this game.
I'd say the best US dogfighter according to BOP would have to be the B-17G

[SEE]

All Bombers can be defeated by correct selection of fighter and tactics but in a dogfight there are too many enemy players and insufficient time before one of them is on your ass, the result often being that the attack is badly exceuted rather than the Bomber being superior!

[Soviet Ace]

DAMN YOU ANTI-SOVIET "FREE" WESTERNERS!!! Always downing superior Soviet technology because of it's greatness. lol (Specially you Pope, I've got my Soviet KGB agents watching you... )

Anyway, personally, the La-7 is a great plane to fly but it's bigger than a Yak-1M (The Yak-3) so I stick mostly with the La-5FN, Yak-1M, Yak-1B, and of course the nimble little I-16/I-153. I like the Yak-1M the best because it's smaller than the rest of the planes (excluding the I-16 and I-153,) and has twin 12.7 Berezin UBS MGs and a good 20mm ShVAK cannon to boot. Plus, I find it's more nimbler than the La-7 and harder to get hit.

I don't fly the La-7 all that much, but it's a good plane... just wish there were more missions involving the Yak-1M.

[ButcherBird]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

I don't fly the La-7 all that much, but it's a good plane... just wish there were more missions involving the Yak-1M.

the game should allow you to go back and play missions with your aircraft of choice. that really would have added to the replay value of BOP

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by ButcherBird

the game should allow you to go back and play missions with your aircraft of choice. that really would have added to the replay value of BOP

Yeah that would have been nice. Mainly because most of the missions over Stalingrad would have been me flying the Yak-1B or I-16 for most of the missions; and Korsun would have been straight La-5FN, with Berlin as Yak-1Ms.

[gbtstr]

Hey if the Jug was as ridiculous as the Russian planes (and was the Razorback version - cause they're just so damn sexy) you could have your overpowered yaks, etc. and I wouldn't care.