Re: The Yak-9 grooves - Flight report

**RknRusty** Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:25 pm

It's a surprisingly comfortable flyer, I'm pleasantly surprised. Just a couple of tweaks and a bigger fuel tank should get it running for a full flight. I'm liking the old style Fox type engine run. That 4-2-4 break is fun to fly and I love the sound.
Rusty

**Cribbs74** Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:34 pm

Yeah that sound is intoxicating. I have heard a lot of engines run, but nothing beats the .35 Fox bark!

Ron

JPvelo Thu Apr 24, 2014 7:02 pm

Is the yak essentially a mustang? My club us having a Fox/McCoy .35 race in October and both planes are eligible. I would really like a mustang in my lineup,

Jim

**RknRusty** Thu Apr 24, 2014 8:03 pm

Here you go, Jim. From Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakovlev_Yak-9

The Yakovlev Yak-9 was a single-engine fighter aircraft used by the Soviet Union in World War II and after. Fundamentally a lighter development of the Yak-7 with the same armament, it arrived at the front at the end of 1942. The Yak-9 had a lowered rear fuselage decking and all-around vision canopy. Its lighter airframe gave the new fighter a flexibility that previous models had lacked.[1] The pilots who flew it regarded its performance as comparable to or better than that of the Messerschmitt Bf 109G and Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-3/A-4. [2] The Yak-9 was the most mass-produced Soviet fighter of all time. It remained in production from 1942 to 1948, with 16,769 built (14,579 during the war).[3] The Yak-9 was the first Soviet aircraft to shoot down a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet.[2] Following World War II it was used by the North Korean Air Force during the Korean War.

I think a real Mustang would eat a Yak-9 for lunch. However in the Sterling kits, the F-51 Mustang is its sister plane, the models being matched for head to head slow combat. Lots of both have been built.

Here's the inspiration for my color scheme. I assume it's a post WWII racer:

The Yak-9 grooves - Flight report - Page 3 Yak-915

Here's the sterling F-51:
The Yak-9 grooves - Flight report - Page 3 Sterling_mustang_001

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