STEADFAST YAK 3 RENO AIR RACING Startup
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Looks like a Yak 3U or Yak 11 maybe. Not really the classic Yak 3
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Lions Tigers and Bears OH my!
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Lavochkin
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its amazing that the engine can stay cool. looks as if so little cooling air can get to the engine'
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@yakovlev3a It not ЯК-3 and not Lavochkin-it a hybrid.
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This plane can be named somehow, but it not the Yak-3, the Correct name of this plane RENO....
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That's LA-7, Yak-3 is shorter.
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LA-5!!!
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She looks like La-5 to me !
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@yakovlev3a That's sad, really. I rather liked those Lavochkins. Any word on any that might be under restoration?
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@segajin there are no La 5s or 7s left. The only remaining Russian fighters are yaks and i16. This is Yak 3 but the inline liquid cooled engine was removed in order for a more powerful radial engine to be mounted. That is probably why you think its a Lavochkin but it is not
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this is not yak3 this is la-5 or 7
OK, the way it was explained to me is as follows:
Yak built a prototype fighter near the end of the war called a Yak 3U-ASH82. Essentially a radial powered version of thier Klimov powered (V12) Yak 3. They then modified after the war,the yak 3 (V12)into a 2 seat low horsepower radial advanced trainer variant. SteadFast, that you see in this video is mostly built from Yak 11 plans but is modified to air race. It was built entirely new in 2005 in a Romanian factory.
wwhiteside 3 years ago