WW2 Soviet Yak-3 Fighter Aircraft - Cockpit View 

The Normandie Niemen squadron, did fly on Yak 1, most on Yak3 and at end Yak 9.They choose the Yaks to honour the Soviet union, and the mecanics from the squadron was all russians, and all togeter was a fantastic team = this was never forgott from the Russians, up today...But the Normandie Niemen pilots may known that the Yaks are relative comparable to the most modern french fighters because they engine is very similar: the klimov 105 is a evolution from the Hispano Suiza Y12 (USSR did buy the licence before ww2), inclusive the 20mm integrated canon (similar to the Hispano HS404),and the global design from the yaks is relative close to the last 1940 french fighter like the Dewoitine D551 (4 built but to late to be engaged) and Arsenal VG33 (only a hand full engaged). Some of the pilots from the Normandie Niemen was distinguished as "hero from the soviet union" who was the highest soviet order...

Well who wouldn't take a 1943-designed Yak over a 1935-designed Hurricane?

@@leneanderthalien they're at war! Theyre gonna want nothing but the best!

+Ty Cetto I think the reason was cuz it never went against any allied planes like the 51 which IMHO it would have had for lunch' it was superior to the 109 and 190 also .

Cetto I think the reason was cuz it never went against any allied planes like the 51 which IMHO it would have had for lunch' it was superior to the 109 and 190 also

COUB first Why are you copying the answer from Lisa Walz verbatim?

Ty Cetto I made a mistake! Google translator damn!

Ty Cetto In my opinion is the top five aircraft of the Second World positioned so. (Given their characteristics) - The maximum speed at ground level: the Yak-3, Mustang, Me.109 - Spitfire - Zero - Maximal speed at altitude: Me.109, Mustang, Spitfire - Yak-3 - the Zero - Engine power: Me.109 - Spitfire - Yak-3, Mustang - Zero - Climb: Me.109, Mustang - Spitfire, Yak-3 - the Zero - Practical ceiling: Spitfire - Mustang, Me.109 - Zero - Yak-3 - Practical range: Zero - Mustang - Spitfire - Me.109, Yak-3 - Weapons: Spitfire, Mustang - Me.109 - Zero - Yak-3.

ripmax333 but extremely uncomfortable to sit (Yak-9 at least) :)

I don't think that it is underrated rather unknown, I just think not many people know of it's existence and really the war on the Eastern front period. Those who know about it recognize it as one of the best fighters in the world at that time.

MEs61 Primitive may equal good. And the German fighters were more sophisticated then the p51 and spitfire in my opinion. The German fighters could automatically regulate propeller pitch settings, depending on speed and power setting.

@MEs61 You seem to forget what the Yak 1, 3 and 9 were designed for; for the air superiority role on the eastern front. In that case, the yaks were better then the Messerschmitts. The longrange aspect wasn't really used on the eastern front. As for the P-51. Yes, it was good in what it was designed for, but that role wasn't ground attack. If we look at the Korean War you will know that the losrates for the ground pounding P-51's were very high, partly in how it was designed. Therefore I wouldn't call the P-51 a good multi role fighter, aka fighterbomber.

@Richard McCaig It hasn't changed much from original. Check it on google photos

They were good turners for sure, but what made them stand out was their energy characteristics. Amazing energy fighter with a lot of maneuverability. Excellent power ratio below 5km. Also, small target. I love that there was a clear front window which makes targeting and line up excellent. Very uncluttered wrt SA.

@@gregfromguam For sure. Great point. They retained energy extremely well. This is an excellent aircraft.

+BigKWS Easily better than both, I'd say. The Polikarpov I-185 prototypes had very, very good visibility too.

The only problem with the yak 3's cockpit is that it doesn't have ammo counters.

@General William T. Sherman No even the ones with guns didn't have them. I do need to say that ammo counters were a novelty at the time. As far as I know only German fighters had them.

sounds relative quiet...in the video... but this replica did not use the original Klimov 105 engine , who is a evolution from the Hispano Suiza Y12 with integrated HS404 20mm canon, use for ex. on Dewoitine D520...

+tukidream the instrument panel looked really simple and wow that thing could really roll fast ' good visibility' VERY VERY NICE.

Almost none of the French people know about these heroes ...

@@Nahal0nok "none" is a bit exaggerated: many did known the Normandie Niemen and this squadron is today one of the best from the french airforce...

The Yak 3 is a all metal built (glue and resin problems was on german prototypes like Horten) and is a light interceptor similar to a Spitfire , Dewoitine D520, bf109, not a long range fighter...germans use many short range fighters or very short range like Me 262 or extremly short range like me 163...

this aircraft is a new built not a restored one.Some Yaks 3 replicas was built on real plans, but not the engine because far too expansive in comparision with the Allison who many are preserved and need only a relative unexpansive overhauling...

He IS good! ;-)

nearly like fw190's

La 5 FN !

Yes it is.

Yak has less weight than Mustang. More than for 1 ton as far as I know.

2105kg of empty mass (2650kg take-off mass) with a 1320hp engine (if we talk about original VK-105PF2 ), this plane had only 2kg/hp ratio and great aerodynamic profile, giving it great acceleration. On par with that Yakovlev fighters were always made with a focus on an average soviet fighter pilot, being responsive and easy to control.

@@MDzmitry Yes all true, but looks like the Yaks was inspired from the 1940 french fighters who had similar qualities, and a similar engine (VK105's are evolutions from the Hispano Suiza Y12).In 1946 did the french aircraft builder Dewoitine modify for comparative tests a D520 with a RR Merlin same model as use on Spitfire mk1 (1940): the result was that the D520 was +20km/h faster as the Spitire with same engine, and agilty was similar (confirmed from the german ace Adolf Galland who find the D520 very pleasant to fly...)

@@leneanderthalien "Inspired" is a wrong term if you ask me, Yakovlev similar to R.J. Mitchell had experience building sport aircraft, on which his fighter planes were based.

@@leneanderthalien The best French fighter in 1940 was easily the Curtiss Hawk 75 (P-36) and it wasn't all that great.

+Wu Helen Imagine a roller coaster, just with a sharper hill and dive, and ramp back up. Essentially the same feeling.

@@douglasmacarthur8482 But the f8f Bearcat did not take part in ww2

TheHatori1 12-15k feets idk. but its not made for that. its made for lesd than 3000m. there it can outperform grifgon spifiers

@@lostinthesauce6409 that's a misunderstanding, 3km is the altitude where M-105PF2 has a gear switch, meaning a decrease in performance, but overall Yak-3 can perform quite nicely up to 5km, overall being able to get up to around 11km. But again, up to 3km Yak-3 performed the best, up to 5km it kept up with enemy fighters but with less of an advantage and above it became less and less powerful.

Chief Designer of this craft was an ethic Russian.

The plane made Russian. A Ukrainian disgrace gave all their lands fascists.

COUB first RUSsian - is Varigian tribe (Vikings) from Scandinavia, uKraina - means "country", not "tribe" (nation) . So technicly Russian are nazi, but people from Ukraine cant be nazi, as it is not tribe identity .

COUB first v(u)Kraina of Kosaks - means Land (Country) of Free People .

NZ SAMBO Украина свободна,сальный не смеши меня