La-5fn

[Ancient Seraph]

Very nice plane, but as you said, tricky to shoot with. Maybe easier to start with something with a lot of tracers, like a Spit, Hurri, 109... basically all planes except La and I-153 .

[Ferigno]

Yeah, but I've been flying enough now that I want to find a plane that I can really get good at.

I had a lot of success with the 109 G6 and the Spit IX and XVI, but I was just floored with how well he flew the LA5. It was truly impressive.

When they patch it, I think I'll likely really try some BnZ planes like the 109 K.

[Tudorp15]

I fly the La-7 allot. It is my plane of choice on CTA matches. It flies very well, and stable. It dives in and pulls up nicely enough to take a landing pretty quickly, and I use the small bombs to bomb foe on the ground attempting to take the field. As far as dog fighting, that being my weakness anyway, I can not comment on that with the La-7, because I have really sucked at the dog fight no matter what plane I fly. I get hits with it, but can never seem to keep a target in my sight long enough to take a foe down completely so a team mate generally needs to come clean up the smoker I made...

BTW: I fly mostly realistic with some Sim tossed in for good measure...

[Ferigno]

Originally Posted by Tudorp15

I fly the La-7 allot. It is my plane of choice on CTA matches. It flies very well, and stable. It dives in and pulls up nicely enough to take a landing pretty quickly, and I use the small bombs to bomb foe on the ground attempting to take the field. As far as dog fighting, that being my weakness anyway, I can not comment on that with the La-7, because I have really sucked at the dog fight no matter what plane I fly. I get hits with it, but can never seem to keep a target in my sight long enough to take a foe down completely so a team mate generally needs to come clean up the smoker I made...

BTW: I fly mostly realistic with some Sim tossed in for good measure...

That's one of the reasons I started flying the 109G6. That thing will blow anything out of the sky. I really think that if I can't get my grip on the LA5 soon, I might try to specialize in the 109 series. I'm brutally bad at gunnery, so I need that advantage.

The LA5 is quick, but I'm just not capitalizing when I get the chance to pick them off.

[FOZ_1983]

blah. bloody russian planes, flying death traps (dont tell soviet i said that) lol.


As good as the LA5 is and also the other russian planes i personally cannot get to grips with them. I belong in a hurricane or shitfire. Its all about personnal preference though at the end of the day and what your comfortable with flying. Just see how you get on after a few games and you might find it growns on you

[Ancient Seraph]

Originally Posted by FOZ_1983

blah. bloody russian planes, flying death traps (dont tell soviet i said that) lol.


As good as the LA5 is and also the other russian planes i personally cannot get to grips with them. I belong in a hurricane or shitfire. Its all about personnal preference though at the end of the day and what your comfortable with flying. Just see how you get on after a few games and you might find it growns on you

Is there one post you didn't mention the Hurri?

[Ferigno]

Lol. Hey, I'm just looking for suggestions. If the man loves him some hurricane, let him shout.

I'll tell ya what. I'll give one a try later today. I don't care how good some people are in that LA5, the guns are just too bad for me to succeed. How's the firepower on the hurricane versions?