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Yakovlev Yak-3

Captain Kurt

Captain Kurt

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - Russian

Description: The idea to produce a new fighter for the Red Army Air Force went as far back as 1941. It was then that the Yakovlev Design Bureau presented the I-30 prototype, intended as an alternative to the earlier Yak-1 design. However, the German invasion of the USSR, as well as aluminium shortages, meant that the project had to be put on hold. Yakovlev resumed the development in 1943 while working on an upgraded version of the Yak-1 fighter. This time, it was decided that a new aircraft should be produced to completely replace the Yak-1 and Yak-7 models. The wings and rear fuselage were skinned with plywood for a smooth finish. The new machine was dubbed as the Yak-3 and entered service with the Red Army Air Force in June, 1944.


The Yak-3 fighter quickly became very popular with Soviet pilots. They highly praised its ease of piloting and superb low-altitude performance. As a small. light, fast and highly-maneuverable aircraft up to 12,000 feet with limited range ( 1 hour duration) and firepower, the Yak-3 was used almost exclusively as low-altitude tactical fighter. Escort missions for bombers and ground-attack aircraft were reserved for the Yak-3’s big brother: The Yak-9D. By mid-1946 4,848 had been built.


1 x 20 mm ShVAK cannon, nose-mounted (120 rpg)
2 x 12.7 mm Berezin UB machine guns, nose-mounted (150 rpg = 300 total)


Credits


Captain Kurt: Aircraft model, VC, paint textures, aircraft flight files, and .dp
2D Panel: Morton with permission to modify to a Yak-3 standard
Kelticheart: Prop blurred texture
Gauges - Most are by Morton for the Br Yak-9U

To check it out, rate it or add comments, visit Yakovlev Yak-3
The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.
 
Captain Kurt,

Thank you very much for this fine model . Excellent modeling !!!

Thanks,
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Howdy Capt. I have tried launching CFS2 with your new Yak, but CFS2 is tilling me "failed to startup the flight model. Yak-3". I've never seen that before...
 
Hi Browncoat,

Same thing happens to me!! It sort half loads in the program & then says "Failed to load model Yak-3"
I've checked model panel sound etc, but everything seems to be there.

Completely Bamboozled.

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Thank you for another nice plane Captain, I am not that familiar with Soviet/russian planes but I'll gladly fly it :applause:
 
Thank you Kurt! I had the same trouble that others did(model failed to load), but hadn't stumbled on any problem yet because I copied it to FS8 and it was fine! Another nice aircraft!

-Thanks Again! - Mike Z.
 
Kurt,

Thanks for another nice aircraft.

I fixed the model, the error is in the panel.cfg file. I found that if you use cockpit panel 1024 X 768 in size. You need to add a line for the 640 X 480 cockpit frame or it won't run in Windows 10:

[Window00]
file=Panel_Background_640.BMP
file_1024=Panel_Background_1024.BMP

BTW: did you leave out the front cockpit frames?
 
Hi Andrew

I suppose that may have been a second issue. It was definitely an air file causing the failure to load.

The Yak-3 had a bubble windscreen with no framing other than around the edges to hold the bubble. It was a bit of a weakness as there was no armored glass in front of the pilot's face. From what I read, the pilots were simply instructed to avoid any head to head combat.
 
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