Move yak130 to 8,7. (air rb)

Machinery of War Discussion
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Move yak130 to 8.7.

It’s literally a worse La-15, with 120 rounds of ammo on a gun that points 2 degrees downward

The plane’s acceleration is good, but it gets out fought by so many things, using the AOA button literally does nothing but ruin your yaw and roll while your pitch doesn’t really change

The gun is great, gsh23l is one of the best guns in game, but 120 rounds of ammo on a plane that refuses to snap around and on a gun that slightly leads downwards is a huge detriment.

The CL13B Mk6 dogs this thing
The MiG17 dogs this thing
The F86F40 dogs this thing
The F4D dogs this thing
The MiG15 bis dogs this thing
The F80C dogs this thing
Every missile slinger dogs this thing
It’s the Zero and F-5C all over again: Overrated, yet nobody knows how to deal with it.

2

Imagine you’re in a 7.7. How do you deal with a plane that climbs 55% better than a Mig 15 Bis, and turns almost as tight?
But I’m on board, further compressing downwards will be funny.

3

It’s not particularly struggling at its br and gaijin relies pretty heavily on stats for balance, not to mention at 8.7 it’s gonna fight the A-4E early which is just an objectively worse plane in every way.