Anyone else frustrated with the Yak-9T?

[Soviet Ace]

Well considering that the Yak-3 was meant for Dogfighting, and the Yak-9T was meant for a fast armored vehicle buster, the 37mm kinda threw off the Yak-9 because it was a meant for ground attack, and dogfighting with a heavier gun on a light plane didn't really work well.

[M3-SRT8]

It may have only one machine gun, but it has one hell of a rate of fire.

It's a 12.7 Berezin UB Machine Gun, and it's rate of fire escapes me at the moment. But, it was quite fast.

Other Yak's had more than one. Early Yak-9s had one 12.7 mm MG and one 20mm cannon thru the prop shaft. Pilot complaints prompted the factory to install two 12.7s, plus the 20 mm. The 9T-37 and the 9K, having either a 37 or a 45 mm cannon, respectively, had only one 12.7 mm MG for weight saving/aiming purposes, and because the cannon provided most of the punch.

LJB

[PantherAttack2]

Originally Posted by Soviet Ace

Well considering that the Yak-3 was meant for Dogfighting, and the Yak-9T was meant for a fast armored vehicle buster, the 37mm kinda threw off the Yak-9 because it was a meant for ground attack, and dogfighting with a heavier gun on a light plane didn't really work well.

And there is the problem. In these single missions they want you to use this plane for Need Cover missions or destroying enemy planes etc.

[MorgothNL]

Need 5 hits to kill a FW190 (not all in the same spot... but dead on for sure). This is not the power of a 37mm... its the same effect as an 20mm

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by PantherAttack2

And there is the problem. In these single missions they want you to use this plane for Need Cover missions or destroying enemy planes etc.

Yeah I know, I think they should have just stuck with the classic Yak-9. Not a Yak-9U or some other variant like the Yak-9T. That's why I stick to the Yak-3! I just aim for the engine cowling, and with two quick little squirts of my cannon and MGs, BLAMO!!!! Another one falls towards the earth in flames.

[PantherAttack2]

I tried flying this thing again... No success. Shooting in bursts makes a little bit of a difference, but shots from the cannon still go this way and that randomly even when the plane is flying in a straight line, remaining at the same altitude. I am having a huge amount of trouble beating the Korsun Pocket single missions because of this plane!

[Soviet Ace]

Originally Posted by PantherAttack2

I tried flying this thing again... No success. Shooting in bursts makes a little bit of a difference, but shots from the cannon still go this way and that randomly even when the plane is flying in a straight line, remaining at the same altitude. I am having a huge amount of trouble beating the Korsun Pocket single missions because of this plane!

Are you playing it in Simulator? Because if you are, that explains A LOT!

[PantherAttack2]

No, I'm flying in Realistic.