Finally A Good French Plane...Except It's Russian - Yak-3

[@Ash007YT]

Nothing better than smashing similar aircraft that was used by other nations.

[@kamerad4749]

vechile

[@tld00]

Was waiting for one of your Mona Lisas to explain the dogfight duel logic :D

[@JetFan_]

Bought this to research the tree, so glad I did!

[@LEEGOOVER9901]

Same.. other france planes reallu painful to fly

[@giigiii_36]

._.

[@pierricus1399]

The only French prop I have flown 😂. That's a shame

[@GewelReal]

jetboob

[@antccx]

hows the repair cost?

[@RoonEnjoyer]

3:35 poor guy literally had his first dogfight in his life right there xD

[@g.55centaurosimp18]

The “French” P-63 is a good plane to be fair...

[@asadchatha4184]

Good plane, not French.

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

yep, good plane. Sadly immediately after you get the absolute shitbox that is the F6F-5N.

[@g.55centaurosimp18]

@@md.shihabsharar8753 the F6F at 4.3 would be better than the 5N, it pains me to say this, despite its good turn and armament, the 5N really needs a lower BR, 3.7 is a stretch but I doubt it’ll be competitive at 4.0.

[@kingisaacius9712]

My fav French Plane has to be the VB 10-02

[@ussindianapolis487]

@@md.shihabsharar8753 for some reason my brother has 120 kills with it and 80 deaths, and also he wasnt even climbing, he just flew at low altitiude and dogfighted everything.

[@lukefrombk]

DEFYN you should try the belt combo of Tracers for the Shvak and Stealth for the berezins. That way you hit always with the 20 and since velocities are closest with the Shvak tracer belt and the berezins, the 12.7s will hit automatically. It a deadly combo, touch any plane instant fire and excellent damage.

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

A question: Given the fantastic low altitude performance of the yak-3s, let's say in a match the majority of your fighter teammates don't climb and just sort of advances into the battlefield in a cluster at around 2000 meters. Should one risk climbing and being singled out at 4000 meters or should they stay with their team and risk losing anyway but maybe get a kill or two?

[@Erden99]

Concept: you should still climb. I fly a lot of bad planes so i've developed some tactics, even if your whole team is low and you get targeted up high, you can use that fixation to draw multiple enemies down with you to lower altitude. You just have to manage the distance between yourself and the enemy, to make sure you don't get caught before you can drag them into your team. This is where it becomes a bit scummy, because with Russian planes, you've now basically forced your team into a fight with a bunch of high energy opponents just so you can start getting the performance advantage and kill them in a big furball.

[@jordanlee9001]

Always climb regardless what your team is doing on the deck

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

@@rainsilent Lmao it's almost always get swarmed by 3 or 4. That's why I dont climb past 3500 in those situations. Because of the Yak-3s low rip speed, i cant dive quickly to my allies if i climb higher. As soon as I see the 4 xp-50s barrelling to do head ons, I just bring them to my friendly ITPs.

[@rifwann]

@@Erden99 yes.. the dilemma of baiting urself in russian plane

[@Burboss]

@@Erden99 Very viable tactics! I do similar things

[@finntastique3891]

Always a pleasure watching the pro at work! Thank you.

[@henryfraipont9343]

I love your videos dude, keep up the good work!

[@addos999]

let me just state for the record, you are never wasting my time defyn; im here to see skill and you got alot. pad on son, pad on!!! :)

[@paulojose-1232]

After watching what, 70+ plus of Defyn's videos I noticed the special ''camouflage'' that he uses is just like the one Pixy's used.

[@chadmiralhipster3309]

special camo? wot

[@whistlingdeath6637]

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[@paulojose-1232]

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[@nando_br]

The only problem is that broken russian cannon with 120 bullets and 119 sparks.

[@Myriip]

Obviously a skill issue, never got problem with russian ShVAK cannons. Actually, they're quite good.

[@nando_br]

@@Myriip not a skill issue and u can see this even in Defyn videos but u r free to say what u want.

[@DEFYN]

Shvaks are super good now Nothing like they were

[@nando_br]

@@DEFYN i'll try again, thanks!. I'm ignoring this game due to connection issues in US servers.

[@kingghidorah8106]

the yak 9u shouldn't have gotten low to dogfight a better turner, the situation was perfect for an energy trap... the problem is that Defyn never gets energy trapped

[@Hadgerz]

only way to get energy trapped is to willingly outsource your energy management to the enemy

[@kingghidorah8106]

@@Hadgerz that's quite obvious isn't it?

[@rifwann]

Quite obvious but i like to think i did that all the time without noticing

[@Apollowan]

He’s on console it’s real difficult to use the full ability’s of your aircraft when you’re on the default controls

[@kingghidorah8106]

@@Apollowan didn't know you couldn't change the controls on console

[@basligtelijn5671]

Hey Defyn i was wondering if you could do a video about the T2 since it has been downtiered to 9.7. In any case keep up the good content man!

[@cesaralarcon5228]

Shvaks doing absolutely nothing, truly accurate statements

[@pizzacutter5469]

For my experience they always shredded all the enemies

[@miquelescribanoivars5049]

Tiny HE filler.

[@michaelvigil5321]

@@miquelescribanoivars5049 still, some guns are artificially nerfed. Hispanos and AN/M2/3 are the same gun and fire the same ammunition but we all know which gun is more accurate, damaging, and has less penetration. Fun fact: IRL the American's AN/M2 is just a cheaper less reliable Hispano copy but in game it's better

[@kingghidorah8106]

"20mm cAnNoNs GoT bUfFeD", cry aloud the people who trust the snail's release notes. Yes, American 20mms slap harder, the rest of European and Japanese cannons keep being the same.

[@kingghidorah8106]

@@michaelvigil5321 it's called favour the ones that feed you. The majority of premium pack accounts and premium vehicle purchases are American. That's why Americans have guided missiles at 8.7 while the rest of nations later past 9.3. or why a p39N with insane retention, dive and climb rate + one hit kill cannon is at 3.0 and (before last economy changes) the f4u 4b that's more 6.7 vehicle than the Spitfire mk24 costed the same at a full br lower while being thrice a better rank 5 grinder

[@pedrotrivelatoferreira2776]

Kinda funny how the best planes on the French tree are the ones that are not French: the P-63, Helldiver, Yak...

[@Quentor33]

guess why ...

[@aligaterr5137]

I do like to play the VB 10s though, they were hard to learn at first but they're rather fine actually

[@Real_Claudy_Focan]

The most successful french plane during WW2 ! Normandie-Niemen was so reknown and so effective that Stalin himself gifted the planes to their pilots and let them fly them back to France !

[@michaelvigil5321]

Thanks for explaining that even if your plane has bad high alt performance that you should still climb. Can't count how many arguments I've had with idiots who think otherwise.

[@marko0marko0marko01]

Got it via current warbond shop. Wow, blast to play. 6 kills second game. Probably gonna be my favourite plane

[@antccx]

Thank you for this video i was thinking about getting it 👌👍

[@malakov5]

Took your advice on beginning jets. (I have 9.0 unlocked just from props) f-84 at 7.3 is actually fun sometimes. Too bad it rarely pays off with free account. Zero kill win is about 6k SL. Repair cost is almost 9k. Two kill loss break even. Two kill win you maybe make 18-20k. Jets are a premium account sink and I’m just done with it all. I wish I could just play the game and have fun without repair cost looming.

[@kendellmoore8367]

Practice *NOT* getting damaged.

[@fotokozlowski]

At last some prop gameplay :D thanks! Watching Your vids is soo entertaining.. 😉 Im looking forward another prop game (some typhoon 4.3 BR maybe?)

[@l8r2U]

Omg finally been waiting for this vid for like 3months

[@五種貓]

The Yak-3 is too good that I feel like a handicapped after start playing Yak-9U.

[@rifwann]

Yes.. engine gets orange.. heavy metal chassis.. cant deepdive to put out fires.. all my (insufficient) experience get thrown off playing that thing..

[@ATBatmanMALS31]

Pretty much all I've flown in the past couple months. I really enjoy free premiums that are a copy of a plane from another nation, and this might be the king of that.

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

My best premium buy tbh. A must have if you want to grind past the VBs without pulling your hair out.

[@thesaracen7267]

DEFYN video before bed???? nice!

[@Siddich]

DEFYN: „ i sm not the greatest duelist...“ me: oh damned, if he is not the best, does it mean, i am the worst? 🥺

[@nuka.]

yea

[@thucy5052]

Nah, that's deviss

[@Chrissamurai2]

Lol, I just grinded to jets with this, of course I get to jets then defyn lays out the tips 🤣

[@smigoltime]

You could've used more throttle control in that 1 v 1 with the Yak9U. Always decrease throttle to 0 when on the peak of your loop, and hit 100% when at the bottom. That way You could've outmaneuvered him much quicker. Nice vid

[@jordanlee9001]

Problem is with cutting the throttle at the top of the loop will mean his next loop is either death or a kill, give the enemy more energy during this and they can spend it for stalling you out

[@nuka.]

I cant really see a point where extra throttle drops would've helped him kill faster, rather it would put him in a worse position fighting a 9U at altitude

[@lucienaras2165]

Normandie-Niemen ❤

[@itsrockyiv8209]

By far one of the best premium props.

[@stefanmichaelsenzegarra5688]

Nice video doofyn

[@thibaudduhamel2581]

Stalin gifted the Yak 3 personally to the pilots of the French aviation group Normandie-Niemen... Who arrived in France to have their planes taken over by the french air force because "Owning war material is illegal". One of these original planes still exists in the french aviation Museum in le Bourget near Paris, with a side of the aircraft having the paint removed to show the colors of the different Soviet air forces regiments using the plane before it was given to the French. This particular airframe is credited with 4 kills and 2 assists while being flown by Robert Marchi (who earned 13 confirmed kills in little under a year, including 3 kills in... his very first mission in doctober 1944)

[@notharry_141]

Gaijin were very sneaky when they switched the P63C and the F6F-5N recently... the P63 literally grinded my entire French rank 4 and 5 so I’m lucky I did the French tree when I did

[@KarlStankiewicz]

picked this plane after getting 75% off token for about 150 gold, or 200. Its an awesome grinder and silver lion maker!!

[@Quentor33]

thats how much gaijin care about french aircraft

[@sniper_elite3853]

Maybe video about swift f7? Yes you done one already but it was before f7 had fireflash missiles

[@hasecube1368]

I love this plane!

[@lonewolfsstuck]

french Yak-3 is the only reason i have a bunch of progress in the french air tree lol

[@uiop7204]

Yak3 is always satisfying to fly.

[@kingcamilo]

i just bought this plane and i love it

[@john_808_za9]

Short n sweet

[@AlmightyDude420]

My first and still favorite premium

[@vandesras]

please do more props.

[@stona71]

Perfomancewise this plane is a monster on 4.0, the biggest disadvantage I found is the armanent and ammo capacity, usually hardly enough for two kills. Another disadvantage is your team....8 out of 10 times I'm the only one on altitude an end up in 6 vs 1 :F

[@jkl9984]

This thing is the bane of me. Easily puts out every fire i give to it, and i just can't seem to hit the engine at all. The only consistent french yak killer i have is my XP-50.

[@flak8842]

it's fine since french tech tree grind is rough but still i don't need premuim anyway oh btw can you review the La-200 it's a really giant Pog Plane

[@idrag7]

After asking for months, it's finally out! Btw is the yak 3 (soviet) the same as the (French) yak 3?

[@DEFYN]

No difference other than the teams

[@andrewz4515]

The French yak 3 is slightly better. Better top speed, turn rate, and climb rate.

[@sule.A]

Same plane

[@okay2439]

The Battle pass plane is great P-39-Q25 is great I got it for France and won a 1V4 late game match with it I highly recommend you check that out defyn

[@kaiburns4257]

love how the title is "finally a good French plane" and the French yak3 has been in the French tree for quite a long time. just sayin :P

[@rav3727]

Me finally getting the yak-3 to then realize I have to go against it because the frenshits have one as well Like xp50s aren't enough to annoy me

[@muy_bien336]

The armored target belts on the shvaks r really weird sometimes they set a ton of fires then there r times they do utter crap

[@mamons_2339]

Very good for griding money and griding your tier 4 planes.

[@elcangry855]

Can you do video how you set up your flap to be landing right way?

[@wb-4117]

Im WD_41 in the Full ace game part. I crashed cause my internet was shit lmao

[@kierbautista3360]

I was lucky that am about to buy this plane on warbonds shop this battle pass season...

[@sniff8565]

Pog

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

Frankly, i would welcome the french hurricanes, the french supermarine spitfire, and all the foreign aircrafts used by the free french and Vichy France.

[@bernardosantos6814]

Hmmmm yes, more copypasta

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

@@bernardosantos6814 well yes, if everyone can have copy pasta, why not France. I'd prefer they give us french designs first butthey clearly don't dedicate much worktime on france so copypasta is a good way to have more vehicles in the french tree. And french tiger 1, tiger 2, m26 pershing m46 and m47 patton too.

[@bernardosantos6814]

@@nicolaspeigne1429 I don't think copypasta is a good way of having more vehicles to the tree, why does It matter to have a higher number of aircraft If it's just a repeated experience from other trees? It makes the TT less appealing. Yes, gaijin doesn't care to add native designs to French Air(and there's plenty in the forums), but I think the solution is far from just "surrendering" to gaijin.

[@bernardosantos6814]

And some stuff isn't even that big of a deal, like fixing the M.B 157 and putting the M.B 152 in the normal tree, replacing the event/market one for some version that famous pilots used(only changing the skin).

[@nicolaspeigne1429]

@@bernardosantos6814 lineups... and most people don't grind every tech tree so they don't consider it a repeated experience. France used all those vehicles and aircrafts in their regular army, and in combat, they should get them

[@grindingforgood1203]

Have you uploaded any mig21f13 video? Really want to see a 7-kill flight on that.

[@suuubwayyy3093]

Hey DEVYN, when the F5c gets added, can you do a Video wether to buy the F5c or the Av8a?

[@penclaw]

5:10 why did you attack him? it says he's not an enemy..

[@matejpolacek]

What is best aircobra on it's br? I was have test drive on BP one and I fall in love.

[@m.v.a.l7669]

I struggle hard in this plane. Always last in the team and outnumbered

[@archimedesfromteamfortress2]

Now you can experience Russian bias while playing a different nation, sweet

[@justwatchmegonow]

France was out of WW2 after 9 mo so their aircraft never got any chance to develop... such a shame for the game 🥺 Could you do a review of the J7W1, it's such a tricky plane to fly...

[@blobfish7159]

Any tips on how to beat BF 109 F4's reliably with this would be awesome. I keep trying but just can't beat the F4

[@Podsy]

Maybe a video about Tempest Mk II

[@marcocarboni6133]

He use the enemy to defeat the enemy

[@ibanana1871]

❤

[@kamalal-hamid4634]

F4u 1c, or f6f 5n; which is better/more fun? Pls do a video on the f4u 1c - it’s pretty fun, has 20mms (pretty ok-ish), can’t climb for crap, and is pretty fast. I could use a vid on it cause I’m having a hard time with playing other stuff.

[@kamalal-hamid4634]

@@georgebennett715 idk why, but I kinda like it

[@kamalal-hamid4634]

@@georgebennett715 thx btw

[@People_Tube]

This plane shits energy

[@artsy.7619]

Mafia4641 sending love GG 😎💖💖

[@janespright]

Hi DEFYN do you have the J2M4? If so, would you make a vid flying it? How does it compare to the M5. In fact I changed my mind, the J2m4 is a flaming pack of trash. What a ruse

[@DEFYN]

It's dogshit, don't bother

[@janespright]

@@DEFYN do you have a prefered premium prop?

[@rifroll1117]

Why not do a video on the Yak-3P? Everyone tells me it’s a good plane but just seems like Zero food

[@DEFYN]

Its not good Essentially the same as this one at a full br higher

[@Ronaldo882.]

I want to ask about those guns , one is in the Center of the front and 2 behind the fan , how is that possible not to hit the fan ?

[@Statink]

I'am not a specialist but what i do remember is the rate of fire is synchronized with the RPM of the motor so theoretically bullets can't hit the blades, beautiful engineering, simple when you know how it works but maybe hard to understand the 1st time

[@MsBloodyFox]

I'd like to see a 1v8 fight.

[@noiresama7222]

should be called ''Fak-3'

[@louisbarraud7853]

The ms410 is actually really good, but is underated cause it is low br

[@DEFYN]

I will mostly comment on the planes I come across in a relative way compared to what I am flying. And the ms410 has very little going for it vs a yak3

[@Sultan-cf5wf]

0:36 how can you tell how much fuel someone took to battle? would make engangements easier to predict.

[@DEFYN]

I can guess by their flight performance Since it was for a video I asked him and he confirmed it

[@Robertetcollin2017]

Play the F4U7, for me it is the best french prop, even it is an american born aircraft😅

[@STRYKER_b14]

@Defyn, mig21mf or F4F(late)

[@DEFYN]

No contest F4F all day

[@STRYKER_b14]

@@DEFYN fk, now i have to get 390k+380k+390k+390k+390k Rp before i get the f4f? Thx gaijin. Cant u just folder one of the cl13s for gods sake?

[@themortz]

Unpopular Opinion: French Air techtree has no french planes which are above average.

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

Not unpopular at all. The french tech tree has very few native french prop aircraft that aren't objectively bad aircraft. They don't have any unique characteristics that give them an edge, they are just kind of bad at everything.

[@left_ventricle]

@@md.shihabsharar8753 the two I’d argue for is V.G.33C-1 and D.520 and those are really about it, but I think Ouragan/Barougan and Etenderd IVM is decent enough.

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

@@left_ventricle You could make an argument for both of them and you could also say that you had positive experiences with them, but one must admit that there are equivalent aircraft at the BR bracket that will beat them in every category, so they aren't competitive planes. As for the Ouragan/Barougan and Etendard, I did say Native French "prop" aircraft are bad, not the jets.

[@aerocraft3377]

The M.S.410 is great in my opinion (I often fly it in a squad and we do very well with it)

[@pizzacutter5469]

Its not about the aircrafts but the one piloting i saw guys fighting in aircrafts that had 26+ sec turn time yet they absolutely shit on planes that had a 15+ sec turn time

[@wyvern7567]

I really like the yak 3, but I find the guns horrible. What are the best belts to take for the shvak?

[@md.shihabsharar8753]

Ground targets for the Shvak.

[@wyvern7567]

@@md.shihabsharar8753 thank you.

[@toast2300]

VG-33C1 is good though

[@paulvontarsus729]

Is the Yak 3 or Yak 9U better?

[@paulvontarsus729]

@Infinity Can the Yak 3 climb at 24 degrees? Because doing that with the Yak 9U barely gets me to altitude with the XP 50s.

[@Янус_Ырт]

​@@paulvontarsus729you shouldn't try to outclimb in yak, just go to 3-4 kms and then maintain speed and ouenergy everything

[@jakeb6703]

Tell that to the Sb4 c

[@antccx]

anddd the repair cost is 11k

[@gliderfs621]

Mirage III is the best.

[@TonnyH21]

A good "French" plane that's not even French🗿 Seems to be right..

[@larsoskineegish5026]

Is there auto assist in RB

[@sule.A]

You probably find out 2 years ago but yes if he Js out

[@Reyeoux]

5:05 *not an enemy* :(

[@raptorhacker599]

ummm maybe u forgot the narval?

[@DEFYN]

ummm, no I didn't it's trash

[@nicolassimon8654]

C'est faux ! Oui, M. Defyn c'est faux. Les FR sont très bien

[@chrisjason1263]

Question: which of the 109 Gs and Fs are made for high alt fighting and which of them are made for mid to low alt energy fighting? .... Also I'm early

[@crlourenco88]

F4 is good up to 5-6km. But it lacks the speed of the g14 or k4 in a dive.

[@left_ventricle]

F-4 is good for ‘mid alt’ when mid alt is about 4~6K. G-2 has its manifold pressure limited at lower alts so it does not benefit from DB605 until up high. G-6 currently in game is G-6/AS I believe, which are no different to G-14 so think of it as F-4 but more power and more speed with less pull. G-14 is bad, G-10 is optimised for alts above 6K and K-4 is similar to G-6 but more of everything. That’s pretty much it, they are all very similar to each other but F-4 and G-6 are the best currently, G-2 and G-10 are the most fun, G-14 is sort of a meme for me since it somehow manages dogfights better in my experience, K-4 currently gets almost clapped by F2Gs and P-51Hs and to an extent Yak-3Us.

[@affrajam1816]

@@left_ventricle yeah I'd say that's a good summary in my experience but I don't have much experience in the higher tier 109s. But fighting k4s in british and american props around that tier dealing with 109s is not really a problem. You also forgot the F4U-4B at 5.7 ;) I would say the 109-F4 is prob the best 109 tier for tier. It is the most maneuverable 109 in turn radius and rate (afaik) and can basically just turn fight everything, and if it doesnt outturn the enemy it likely ouclimbs and has enough better vertical energy retention to win a dogfight.

[@chrisjason1263]

@@left_ventricle noted...thanks

[@Northfase]

@@left_ventricle G2 climbs better than g6, g6 has way more powerful wep and overheats less quickly

[@hunter-ot9yq]

DEFYN pls fly SM.92

[@tashkent318]

easiest money maker in the game.

[@Ph4nt0mK1t5un3Official]

Day 11 of asking Defyn to play the A-21A3

[@byczqtojestez2854]

it seems like you wanted to say you can't play well VG?!?!?

[@frozenturtl827]

Gotta hate that thing