Kinda Unfair - Yak-3U

[@asadchatha4184]

Legend has it that the Brains of the average F2G1 and XP50 Pilots can be used as a replacement for the Lenses of the Hubble Space Telescope (They're incredibly Smooth).

[@irithylloldman6526]

Have you heard of harrier players ?

[@no-legjohnny3691]

@@irithylloldman6526 Except Harriers seem to actually be able to do something. Sure, they're mostly dumb, but at least they actually help the team instead of getting one bomber kill and immediately dying like the F2G and XP.

[@lapantony]

@@no-legjohnny3691 Having AIM-9Gs at BRs where most opposing planes have no flares really does work wonders

[@kermitlynotfound1129]

XP50 players over commit and underestimate everyone around them. They are their own biggest weakness.

[@ionknowmayn]

Yeah seems abt right a friendly f2g tkd me because i killed a ta152h that i crit.. love this game. But the brain of ju288s must be tiny

[@OddBawZ]

02:23 - "Do you promise?" - F2G Pilot

[@Armex_YT]

Hahaha

[@wasntprepared]

xD

[@Tikonor]

Fun fact: F2G is missing 500hp in comparison to what it had historical. 24 cylinder engine is no joke

[@derkaiser9881]

No fucking way. If Gaijiggles adds 500 MORE HP it's going to be an actual helicopter.

[@gabork5055]

I would like if it got that extra 500hp and went back to 6.7. I liked playing it vs. early jets. Sure, Ju288 spam often ensures a win which is good for a grinder plane, but those jet matches were much more interesting and satisfying. Reminds me of the old Horten spam from back when it was undertiered and fought props, it was a pain with Bearcats but sometimes it was fun. Horten used to outturn and outrun everything at its br. but its users mainly weren't good, but against many early jets the F2G still has a few advantages. These fights with/against K4-s and Ta152-s just break down to whoever climbs highest at the beginning of the match or whoever can almost instantly win by ticket bleed at low alt-they are not satisfying from either perspective, especially if you play German and 90% of your team are Yolo bombers that die in 2 minutes. Even worse if you get uptiered from 5.0-5.3 and you have no advantages against whatever you're fighting and your team is still useless. If the F2G-s were gone from the 6.0-6.3 range it would be a lot easier for 5.0- 5.3 planes stock grinding with less uptiers.

[@Tikonor]

@@derkaiser9881 F2G without guns is a race plane so... It also has red race camo in WT

[@ansgaryeysymontt7155]

Bullshit. Firstly - R-4360 had 28 cylinders. Secondly - f2g had 3000hp variant of wasp major and it have about 3000hp in game. Thirdly - fact that you described something as "fun fact" doesnt make it either fun of fact.

[@heliogonzalezsanchez8227]

​@@mail-qh2qc Not really, better having a semi realistic balanced game than a really realistic one but which is not fun because it isn't balanced

[@SoymeScaleModels]

Yak-3 looks so cool with the radial engine.

[@xshaddd]

basically la5

[@damianp5781]

​@@xshadddit reminds me very much of the la-9

[@yaboianz]

True, it's my favorite Yak model because it also looks straight up like a spaceship in that all-white paintjob

[@SupaMan2122]

Like a Russian 109

[@ddddddddddd5354]

15:23 Considering your history, pretending to be a frisbee might be a decent effort trying to damage you

[@DEFYN]

ok get lost lmao

[@Blitzcreeper239]

@@DEFYN Oh yeah did you ever tell the story of breaking your ankle with the frisbee in any video? You mentioned "that's a story for another time" in a video one time and I'd like to know the time

[@princessapplestrach6327]

@@Blitzcreeper239 ''did you ever hear about the story of Fris Bee the ankle breaker ? I thought not it's not a story Defyn would tell you ... :P

[@Blitzcreeper239]

@@princessapplestrach6327 Tragedy of Darth DEFYN the Dutch

[@MetaReplication]

@@Blitzcreeper239 It was the BV 155 video, if I recall correctly, when he set a bomber on fire and it started spinning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lZWlfWZtrpWKpbs

[@Spaceman404.]

Having watched your old 3U video and hearing you talk about how dangerous it is in other videos, I grinded out the Yak-3U because I was extremely curious. And man, the word insane doesn't even begin to describe its performance. It lived up to the hype and them some.

[@alesd_]

It can catch 600kph and even more in a straight line, unfortunately It only have 2 20mm with 240 rounds...

[@whatdothlife4660]

Fresh grinded black pepper.

[@randomuser5443]

So long as you dont get in a game with only enemy spitfires its great

[@ccramit]

​@alesd _2311 I love running into spray and pray Russian mains. Before I even get to the middle of the map, half their team is already back at their AF having to reload lol.

[@caralho5237]

@@alesd_ The guns are amazing you probably just suck

[@raza2830]

02:22 this is the exact reason why i watch u defyn

[@BanjoJo]

I'm learning slowly, I've been playing consistently for hours about 3 weeks now. I am BR 4.3 Sweden and Russia 4.0 - I'm playing each plane and maxing out the modifications. Very helpful videos, thank you :)

[@garbey]

Love the way you plug your guides (defensive flying, target prioritisation, etc), i feel that it actually adds more humorousness to their death while giving them some advise on where to go to improve (if they ever watch the vid)

[@Joe-fw3hj]

Another great video, Defyn! I have always enjoyed your videos, and I mostly play props, so I have especially enjoyed the most recent content.

[@furinick]

Least positive comment in defyns videos

[@jimmcneal5292]

It's sad that russian bias is a thing, their planes were mediocre at best irl

[@senjar313]

why bye? why didn't you follow A6M5 Ko?

[@poecilotheriametallicaz3960]

O

[@leonflorence118]

Is it better than the 9UT?

[@waffle-waffle5416]

I really hate going against Yak's, they fly like a Zero on steroid, hit like a German and just all around annoying, when I flew them I didn't need to put much effort to kill plane unlike if I fly a Zero or BF109. Yak 3 and 1 are practically easy mode since you really didn't need strict playstyle or knowing how to do gun convergence since the damn guns and cannon are in the nose and I hate them so much I would throw away a game just to kill them

[@okakokakiev787]

Yak3u or spit LF9 which is better honesty?

[@DEFYN]

3U imo

[@sylwiazelazna7357]

3U, you can dogfight everything and not care about energy cuz you dont lose it

[@okakokakiev787]

@@sylwiazelazna7357 but you lose a duel to lf9 spit

[@sylwiazelazna7357]

@@okakokakiev787 yea, I kinda realised so I play lf 9 now

[@ibanana1871]

❤

[@MrWeenuk21]

bro war thunder is so goofy compared to il-2. 1km snipe shots. i think my entire 120 hours in il-2 i only ever got 1km snipes when i had infinite ammo on. after spraying everything.

[@carl5381]

the stock grind in this thing is amazingly bad though

[@mites7]

The best plane ❤

[@sls12III]

The vibrations on the wings are insane.

[@shitnozzle]

2:22 Brilliant. Thank you for the content Defyn, very entertaining and informative, love your gameplay and commentary

[@UlyssesSGrant-mc3lf]

I absolutely love your videos, you are the guy I look up to when I play aircraft in warthunder you are literally my hero.

[@standalonecomplex2195]

Any chance for some content with Spitfires? F MK XVI, MK VC or F MK XVIIIe if possible ?

[@oceaniccamel1000]

How do you maneuvuer your plane while looking behind you to keep track of where the enemy is? Great vid btw.

[@chexlemeneux8790]

He uses his keyboard .

[@6._d._.a._.n_.9]

Turns with a spitfire and outspeeds a tempest mk v Wtf

[@okakokakiev787]

Can't turn a spitfire

[@sylwiazelazna7357]

@@okakokakiev787 it can turn lf mk ix, just make sure that lf bleeds speed and his turn is like ten seconds longer

[@gravity_8303]

russian fighters are surely balanced and in the right br

[@xpretender]

timestamps?

[@Qyoon]

that plane is so strong it's almost disgusting.

[@MrLampes]

That G.56... you see a guy shooting you being not that far away "nah, he never gonna hit me let's fly in straight line"

[@J4ckmaestro]

I've always used tracers for the russian shvaks, I don't know why so many youtubers recommend the ground targets because they have a useless AP round in them, plus tracers actually have more explosive in the FI rounds than the HE rounds do

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

Because the AP-I round for SHvak is kinda good vs bombers (it can penetrate a lot and get to engines/fuel tanks) and other bigger targets, I prefer tracers myself, but I can see the viability of AP-I.

[@J4ckmaestro]

@@bezimienny_andzej6425 you don't really hunt bombers in russian planes tho, they can't go very high

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

@@J4ckmaestro Ju-288 doesn't climb more often than not, and Yak-3U is fast enough even at 6km and gets there only a tiny bit later than Bf 109K4. Late game some bombers are in space, but some rearm, climb a bit and bomb again. There's also plenty of bomber-attackers like A-26 which is pretty damn tough too. And remember, hunting bombers is sometimes a necessity, because shooting them down early game is a good way to prevent late-game Me-264 in space.

[@J4ckmaestro]

@@bezimienny_andzej6425 ok but HE is also good if not better because it can snap bomber wings off in a few rounds, and even if AP was better for bomber killing, you still have to go kill fighters, and you'd much rather have a full tracer belt then

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

@@J4ckmaestro Snapping wings is unreliable and they are often tricky targets, from some angles engines are preferred. 50/50 AP-I FI-T works pretty good for me, I'm a tracer fan, but I won't be claiming the default belt is bad, because it just works.

[@rukinaa]

Watching you dogfight and strategically take out the enemy one at a time and explaining at the same time how it all works, the knowledge you share about each plane's capabilities.. It just feels super relaxing to me. Keep up the great work!

[@eternalspace5879]

Damn , that Yak3u really needs to less for head ons

[@ryanwiki6979]

Would be helpful if there's a video for countering Yak-3 series :D

[@Jezza_C_WT]

I'm so jelly of people with good ping. Seeing your rounds actually connect with your target must be magical.

[@MrWeenuk21]

how bad is your ping? i played on 600 and still see my rounds hit

[@okakokakiev787]

@@nahyeahwhatsahandle Australia?

[@blem_ganggeng]

​@@MrWeenuk21 700-800 ping

[@2teethPogZa]

upon trying to see what the Yak-3U's stats are before buying I was thinking about: 1. it's a Yak-3 airframe which means it's going to be INSANE and 2. It has an M-82 engine which was the engine of the plane I also liked in Russia, the I-185 M-82 so I instantly thought is this basically a Yak-3 but with performance enhancers on the speed part? Yes, yes it was

[@Diax1324]

And not quite the M82 of the I-185, but the M82 of late war Lavochkins - way more powerful.

[@yaboianz]

It's the upgraded M-82 found in the La-7 actually, so it's even more powerful lol

[@Mybolll]

I adore the I-185

[@oneofkill]

I kinda now understand why It’s quite easy to play props with USA or USSR than GER.

[@ИгорьДьяченко-з1я]

It all comes down to Gaijin killing the matchmaker with Ju-288 and F2G moneygrab. German teams used to be insanely good back in the day

[@timmay556]

Defyn : yes i might have 3 guys on my ass, however, these guys dont know yet that they are dead due to xyz

[@QwerYT4819]

If he climbs for you; he dies, if he doesn't; he also dies

[@sooriginal422]

recently I was flying the bf109f4 and was facing the yak3 and noticed it had monstrous performance, is there anything the 109f4 or 109g2 can do Vs a yak3???? Also it would be really useful if you explained how to beat all the aircraft you make guides on because you make so many aircraft seem so powerful and unbeatable.

[@hughmungus2295]

Bro the f4 is so much closer to the yak3 then you actually think + f4 has flaps that rip at like 480km while yak3 has only landing flaps in short f4 and yak3 are so much closer to each other f4 better at 2.5km and up yak3 is equally at low alt

[@hughmungus2295]

In other hand g2 turns worse but better power at all alt so yeah

[@ultravioletsus]

@@hughmungus2295 109 is nowhere near yak3u below 2500

[@hughmungus2295]

@@ultravioletsus bruh he is saying the normal yak3

[@ultravioletsus]

@@hughmungus2295 oh sorry my bad. Considering the video was about U version.

[@jrzym]

A little tip on MEC, (works for most planes but does not fit german engines) Lower your propeller pitch to 85% if you are above 500km/h, it can: 1. Reduce the drag of the propeller 2. Cool down your engine a little bit 3. Since your engine produces less heat when in a low-pitch state, you can also lower if not completely close your radiator to further reduce the drag of your airframe. Then you can push your top speed to the limit. Just remember to reset all the settings to the battle state before you are going to engage the enemies.

[@okakokakiev787]

Are you sure it's worth 85% pitch?

[@jrzym]

@@okakokakiev787 Seems worthy enough to me, anyone who doesn't think so can just ignore this comment.

[@epictwix26]

Can you please fly the p51d5 or d20

[@Hakurou6636]

Hey Defyn could you play the regular yak 9 at 3.0 or the yak 3 p

[@Fuzeha]

Awesome video and an awesome plane. This and the VK are truly bonkers

[@bluefox9436]

I think we need a BF109 G10 vid from Defyn - the last guide on that thing from a person that really knows what he's doing was from Adam about 4 years ago...

[@bezimienny_andzej6425]

No point for such guide, since K4 sits at the same BR and is just better

[@hughmungus2295]

Damn 26 minutes of pure bullying is actually good

[@Mala_suerte71]

op plane, only fun for one player. :/

[@ShocktrooperWT]

Now fly the do335 for the complete opposite of a plane

[@spiffywolf2850]

Could you possibly do a video on the La-11 or the tech tree version of it? If not I understand it would just be cool to get more info on how to play the aircraft. Cool video btw

[@leonflorence118]

The rat exterminations are my favorite parts of your videos.

[@jafa1324]

Bro, how do i buy your decal? been looking for it for a while

[@moistgiraffe3574]

How do I kill this plane. I have no idea. I don't have any premiums :/

[@libra9381]

Is it accurate though? I remember when the Yak3P first came out, it was ridiculously good until people question its performance and Gaijin answered it's not accurate, it's just so russian can compete at that B.R for awhile until another plane come out. You can see Phly old video to confirm what I'm talking about bcs I was one of them who enjoy clubbing everyone with Yak3P at that time ... lol

[@ValkyrieLightwing]

I started using this a while ago just because I thought it looked cool, and when I got 8 kills in my first match, stock, I knew it was busted and holy hell is it ever. This plane is mental

[@HeyBigChriss]

Russian bias is very real

[@alexsundkvist]

Omega rat 💀

[@Phazum]

I love your videos man they teach you so much stuff and you describe your fights so others can learn because I am not the best prop plane player

[@0orange59]

have you done a video on the mörkö morane yet? im horrible at the game but i still get consistent 1-4 kills per round

[@eliotherrera48]

Can I dog fight you? I in the F14 and you in any plane of your choice.

[@standalonecomplex2195]

what key do you use for looking around?

[@kreb_70]

C while moving mouse to look around

[@HighjeX_]

I love this thing man And the 9U too

[@shrekrecker]

9u at 4.7 is like the yak3u at 5.3

[@opar6585]

Haha what are the odds?! Great timing! I just discussed with my brother an hour ago whether to spade yak 3u or yak 9ut first, now its a clear choice

[@PerriThePlatyPilot]

Defyn and Russian Planes are an absolute deadly combo

[@no-legjohnny3691]

Hope we see an IL-2 fighter vid one day. I'm genuinely convinced it's one of the USSR's best plane killers of that BR. Got an eight kill carry match with it just last night

[@AFakeName]

Il2 is very fun, but doing well in it requires your opponents to not be smart. Thing tops out at like 400kph and can't dive that well either. 1, maybe 2 turns to frag them with your cannon then it's over if they're still up.

[@sillylittleowlguy2392]

It is quite literally one of, if not the, easiest planes to BnZ in the entire game

[@no-legjohnny3691]

The most major downfall is that lack of energy, but otherwise, she can dance around with quite a bit of agility given the bulk of armor (btw that stuff has helped shrug off sprays of 50cal fire from P-40s), and the 23s hit like a bag of cinder blocks and work wonders in head-ons. The 12.7 on later models is nice for keeping Zeros off your tail and most enemies will happily dogfight you, not expecting such a heavy plane to outturn them. Quite frankly, it's one of the only planes I like to fly just to relax and enjoy myself.

[@derkaiser9881]

Su-6 > IL-2

[@ryzkiguruh2942]

You have truly master the art of shvak and soviet cannon. I personally still learn how to use it properly cause the low ammo count and low velocity. And its not the aircraft thats unfair but its you, seeing you hitting target 1km away is blowing my mind

[@jackmiller8851]

Lol you should try the 37mm on LA-200. I have like 15 hours on it so far and it's still like a 30% chance i hit anything. Fire rate and velocity just so low compared to Shvak's. The fact that its faster than basically every plane in its BR and most planes in an uptier match makes up for it tho 😅

[@Attack_The_D_Point]

@@jackmiller8851try gsh-23l

[@dakotahondalock5621]

2:10 absolute comedian

[@DEFYN]

Le funni

[@dakotahondalock5621]

I am wheezing

[@DoriansPortrait]

I remember back when I played Birds of Steel, I remember there was a plane on there that you could pull max on the stick at any speed an never stall out, regardless of altitude. It could even prop hang. I remembered it was called something, oh whats was it again....this is embarrassing that I forgot, it was L something, La something, OH YEAH!!! I remember now! It was the LA-7!!! It's almost like there was a bias going on there.

[@dr.raccoonphd8045]

This thing is an insane air defence aircraft in ground rb

[@MatVeiQaaa]

ive just watched your older yak-3u video and an hour later you post another, man give me a break.

[@TheCadman069]

this and the vk-107 are 2 of my fave planes ATM. Fucking beasts. I prefer the 107 as it has decent high alt performance. How about an updated Yak-23 video?

[@justinw.7045]

This plane is bussin.

[@SupaMan2122]

I was in griffon spit against these like how the hell is a yak climbing so good

[@tedarcher9120]

Not nearly as unfair as chinese ki-44, the best plane in the game

[@JGStonedRaider]

Damn, it's the same as the Japanese Premium Ki-44 but with more useable guns. That thing climbs like a rocket!

[@tedarcher9120]

@@JGStonedRaider exact same as japanese one at 3.7 but at 3.3. Also it has better performance and guns than j2m2 at 4.3

[@finaldesert]

Used this little plane to grind the 2 il28s, completed them both in like 3 hours. Kept getting 2 or 3 kills a game with no effort at all. I really don't know why this thing is still 5.7, in my opinion this is 6.0/6.3 material

[@just_david]

P-51H: - Hey Yak Yak-3U: - What? - Wanna hear a joke? - Sure - High altitude performance - I don't get it... - Exactly

[@Ironc1adgaming]

The he 51 planes is insane with tracers

[@marijnnn4992]

the dutchness in his voice is insane

[@WoRstVoRt3x]

This thing is like a Yak15 with a better climb rate

[@noahchastine4530]

I love fighting this thing in the Ki-84

[@Someone-qu3lx]

The pretending to be a frisbee got me 🤣 15:20

[@WigglyWings]

That Ta152H at the start really thought he can energy trap/spiral this thing below 4 Km lmao.

[@TheTripleAce3]

oh my god it happened, defyn showed footage of landing.

[@wickedwilliwonka]

Some nice chandelles there!

[@igor06991]

22:30, классный маневр, надо бы его потренировать

[@breakermike6887]

my man your a cold blooded killa, holly shit your aim is tight.

[@meesamkhan4767]

i'm tired of getting outrun, outclimbed, outturned by these things in my p47d28

[@raced-uo6pf]

the power of LA and maniability of yak

[@nullofthenull]

Yay defyn

[@ant-onemusic444]

a long time ago when 90 percent of air rb was US vs britain I thought the f8f was op, now that I have it omg it sucks

[@operationalpha6473]

“I got a little cold so I decided to go to a desert map.”

[@JeremiahO-t7g]

Alpha nigma male

[@Kalsarikännita]

1 year later and still the most busted plane in the game, barring maybe the hornet

[@mochabear88]

ty homie

[@HumphreyHorsehead]

Using this as the anti-CAS and anti-anti-CAS fighter for my Russian 5.7 ground lineup. Great plane. Cannons sound kinda weird tho.

[@dakotahondalock5621]

Hoping to see a P-47M visit in the future, have a good day Defyn

[@AerialAntics]

you are so clean i wish i wanna play so clam like you:)

[@franzrhr3779]

Jo man lecker vid

[@loicalex]

In all honesty, a good J6K1 player could've gotten u, or at least disrupt your strategy. The canons on this thing have an insane reach

[@slateman_8490]

But you told me to buy the vk-107!!!!! Seriously though, this is where I miss Adam. Would love to see the technical differences between the Yak 3u and vk-107

[@nuka.]

he told you the relevant differences in the video king, if you watched past 3 seconds

[@slateman_8490]

I did. But here's the thing, Adam approached it from a far more technical standpoint and it was interesting. Does the Yak 3U outclimb the vk-107, and if so, by how much and at what altitudes? Where does that trade off? Can MEC be used to offset that difference? If so, how? None of this takes away from Defyn's content, and in many ways, would compliment it.

[@slateman_8490]

Thats some great info, thank you. Do you mess with the mixture at all? Do you do anything different above 4500 meters?

[@anneallison6402]

Yak 3u can do 633kph TAS on the deck at 85% prop pitch and 0% radiators

[@LeDunkerque]

For another video could you try the vb 10 (after the maj his engine get a nice - 300kg buff), mb157 and both seafire with griffon's engine, especially the fr47 which is very good in 5.3