| Soviet Ace |
01-26-2010 07:56 PM |
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Originally Posted by Panzergranate
(Post 139572)
The Mustang is a P-51 H (Top speed 465 MPH).
Soviet wartime fighters were notoriously developed "on the fly", and some were more lethal to their pilots than the enemy. (Lagg-1, Yak-1a, Mig-1).
The Lagg-3 was notorious for unrecoverable tail spins, despite lead being packed into the nose.
Like all Soviet fighters, the aircraft have zero armour protection, as the Russians seem to have plastered it all over the IL-2 and IL-10 Stormoviks.
There were also no self sealing fuel tanks either.
With the exception of the all metal La-7, the LaGG-1, LaGG-3, and La-5 are all constructed of brittle resin impregnated Birchwood. The Yak series is constructed of resin impregnated Birchwood with wire reinforcement.
It took a special kind of courage to climb into a Soviet fighter that was a true "one-hit-wonder" and face the Luftwaffe or even worst, the Finnish Airforce.
German aces, such as Molders, found it easy to chalk up such amazing tallies over Russia mainly because Soviet pilots were having to fly vastly handicapped and weak fighters. Throw in poor training and an German ace's job become even easier.
The same goes for the Finnish aces.
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What exactly does this have to do with P-51s?
And just saying, by the time the La-5, La-5F, Yak-7b, etc. came into the picture (1942-43) Soviet pilot/plane losses were cut dramatically. Not only because of their better handling, maneuverable, and fast planes that were much better than before; but because the Soviet Air Force (like the Red Army) did a complete over haul pretty much of how they did things. And it was only the early out of date, and pretty much weak fighters, that took guts to climb into. Specially the LaGG-3 which many pilots flew (even in combat) with the canopy open, because the canopy on them was well known for getting stuck or jammed, trapping the pilot inside. Yak-1, 1b, 9,7's etc. were a bit better, but their size kinda proved their defeat. (Mainly one of the reasons the Yak-3 had an all around shorter dimension.) Also, there is no such thing as a Yak-1A... There are only Yak-1s, Bs, and Ms. I would guess by "A" you just mean the original Yak-1? Also, the MiG's problem was that their engines were too underpowered, and they lacked maneuverability even at low altitudes. So they were easy prey for German 109s and 190s.
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Originally Posted by Reddisback
(Post 139578)
no, those are model ''D''s I double checked them to be sure., out of the 11 H Mustangs build, the first 7 had the same hull and shape as the D Modell, but the onces after that had a long hull and longer tail then the Original D models. ;)
I got this from an episode of History Channel, and before you attack me,
... I know, you cant allsways trust History Channel to be Historical Correct. :-)
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