La-5fn

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by Soulsurfer

Sounds like he was just having a bad day then. Although I don't think I've heard someone swear in one voice message as much as he did lol

Just flew with the guy. At the very least he doesn't make an effort to stay in the air. Not the most sporty type though. Maybe he had a good day when you were flying with him . Hell of a pilot though, can't deny that.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Ferigno

Well, I had a couple matches yesterday against MCGIVERN, and he pretty much showed that he can OWN you in an LA-7. I had some very competent wingmates in a 3v3. We won 20-17. He had 17 kills. It was ridiculous. On realistic at first, then on sim, equally as dominant.

So I've been trying to fly the thing. It turns well, but I can't hit a thing. The fire rate is so tremendously slow and it hardly fires any tracers. Very frustrating.

What are your thoughts on this plane as a realistic or sim choice?

*Game show announcer voice* "Everyone welcome Soviet Ace, the supreme and all knowing person on Soviet Aircraft of WW2, and beyond!" *Cheering and screams. Some women even throw their panties at me *

Thank you, please your to kind. *Smiles and waves to the audience* Anyway, the reason the guns are slow firing is because they're 20mm cannons, and not MGs. If you want something fast and good like the La-5FN, take up the Yak-3 which has twin MGs and one nose 20mm cannon.

And I agree it has hardly any tracers, but I don't use tracers really to get a positioning on where I'm firing. Usually I just use the little dashes on the reflector sight to see where I'm shooting. It always helps, and I always get good kills on my friend. Hehehe

Also, both the La-5FN and La-7 have both their cannons positioned in the same place. So either plane, your going to have the difficulty of firing around the target, which shouldn't really happen in the first place because you should be firing up close and personal. Not 2,000+ feet away.

[xX-SiLeNcE-Xx]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

*Cheering and screams. Some women even throw their panties at me *

hahaha

[Philosofrenzy]

I want to love the Yak 3. It rolls so nicely. It looks fabulous. But I don't find that, in terms of performance, it is in the same league as the La-5. It just doesn't turn as well. As for the La-7...different league. It's faster and more maneuverable. The plane is ridiculous. I pretty much choose not to fly it, on principle.

I need to learn how to make the roll rate of the Yak 3 work for me, because I want to love this plane.

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by Philosofrenzy

I want to love the Yak 3. It rolls so nicely. It looks fabulous. But I don't find that, in terms of performance, it is in the same league as the La-5. It just doesn't turn as well. As for the La-7...different league. It's faster and more maneuverable. The plane is ridiculous. I pretty much choose not to fly it, on principle.

I need to learn how to make the roll rate of the Yak 3 work for me, because I want to love this plane.

For the Yak-3 and the rest of the Russian planes. Just have the sensitivity on ailerons and elevators all the way up (max). Then you'll see what the Yak-3 can do.

[Philosofrenzy]

"Just have the sensitivity on ailerons and elevators all the way up (max). Then you'll see what the Yak-3 can do."

Namely, stall.

Okay, but seriously for the Yak 3, I have ailerons at 20/20 and elevators at 18/20. At 19 or 20/20, I would stall on a tight turn, so I bumped it back one more.