The Yak-3 is a Mid-tier Monster | Performance Matters Most | War Thunder Air RB

In today's video, I have 3 matches in the Yak-3: A 7-kill carry, a 6-kill carry, and a quick ace.
This plane sits at 4.3 BR, and is a jack of all trades, meaning it is good in most metrics. The Yak-3 is fast, can dogfight, and can energy fight, giving any plane it fights a hard time.
Hope you guys enjoy!

[@JahLeafy]

This is light work, Imma need you to get at least a 12+ kill game

[@MacWithGun]

Ur right I’m definitely slacking, I gotta get those numbers up 💯

[@Flayrr872]

Fantastic aim! Love the Yak-3 and 3U, their kind of flight performance is exactly what I want in a prop

[@panzerofthelake506]

Don't forget the 3P, one tap guns

[@davidjudah192]

This is wild dude. The strategy is fantastic. I’m slowly getting the hang of choosing the targets carefully. I just recently switched from ground RB only to mixing Air in as well, the learning curve is steep lol

[@schwkrls]

Man that's some skill and patience. Every time I'm left alone I just head-on a 190 and call it a day.

[@leartAJ]

Nice gameplay. I suggest you do something no other youtuber does. Explain your maneuvers during dogfight, when are you holding S when are you not.. just some insight on your gameplay I think that would help you grow because most of the people who watch these videos is to learn smth from it. Cheers

[@moorjoor2484]

great video, very informative and isn’t filled with useless bs. hope your channel grows!

[@wongarnold2879]

Compression wise, the rolls does stiffen, but luckily the elevators are still functional.

[@DimaMuskind]

The commentary of Defyn and "in a nutshell" of Adam. Very nice video! Love the Yak-3, though I prefer Yak-9U

[@leeham6230]

Your aim and trigger discipline is excellent.

[@svidentkyrponos7530]

Yak-3 is almost pure condensed bias, I've had a hard time fighting it in my Kingcobra AND my A7M2

[@MacWithGun]

In the A7, you just turn, and in the Cobra, you get to high speeds at low alt, and make him compress.

[@mihonishizumi1630]

このビデオは素晴らしいです。非常に有益です。いつか、プレイヤー AA を回避する方法についてお話しいただけると嬉しいです。

[@DBigGaming]

You should try the Japanese A7M1. It's a wonderful plane to fly. The only downside is that it is premium either way Great video and great flying!

[@everythingaroundyou]

its so good it feels like cheating in air sim

[@xevious4142]

Very good commentary on your thought process

[@blacktiger974]

Impressive flying. What are your thoughts on the Tempest Mk V? I remember it used to be good back in like 2018, but with new Tier IV prop additions and meta changes, it got massively powercrept over the years. How it still remains at 5.7 is beyond me

[@MacWithGun]

The tempest mkV used to be a very good plane, however it does not fit the current meta and is outperformed by most other 5.7s. The F4u4B is similar to the mkV but better in most metrics if you’re looking for something similar.

[@blacktiger974]

​@@MacWithGun Seems like my impressions with this aircraft are confirmed then. It deserves a downtier to 5.0, like the one Doras got a while ago, but I feel it would get constant uptiers anyway

[@everythingaroundyou]

yak 3 is absolutely disgusting in air sim

[@Allwin-lz6yj]

109 f4>

[@Янус_Ырт]

​@@Allwin-lz6yj La-7>

[@MacWithGun]

@@Янус_ЫртYak-9U>

[@Янус_Ырт]

@@MacWithGun nah La-7 is better, fight me xD (not in sim, I honestly flown only jets there)

[@MacWithGun]

@@Янус_Ырт I respect your opinion, but in air RB, I prefer the yak9U. La-7 is great though :)

[@apfelkonig9180]

eiskalter luftkampf, waldmanns wohlergehen

[@aquafire_yt6247]

Can you play the mig 21smt? I have problems with this one. Btw I just found your channel and your vids are really good. I like that you explain everything you do. I am pretty good with props too but not as good as you ;) .Anyways if you have it unlocked it would be pretty cool if you could make a vid about it.

[@MacWithGun]

Thanks for the support 😊 I have the German mig21 MF, which is basically the same as the SMT, and I think I’ll fly that out in the future.

[@notxvon]

beautiful aim ngl but can you show me ur settings?

[@jetpoweredpirate]

Very informative and entertaining but I’d like to see what you do in most games at this BR when you have 5 enemy xp-50s climbing to 6km+ and just BNZing the whole match. I’d like to know how to counter this if there is indeed a counter.

[@MacWithGun]

So, there’s not too much you can do against xp-50s. In a yak3, you are slightly faster in a straight line, but this doesn’t really matter if they are 3km above you lol. What I do, and what I find works best, is dragging xp-50s to high speeds in a dive so that they compress so that I can reverse them.

[@ElwoodPDowd-nz2si]

About to buy this for anti CAS play. I think it will be perfect.

[@Crow19_1]

Nice video

[@gerardoavina7457]

Is it me or the American teams the first ones to die

[@MacWithGun]

The average IQ of most American pilots in war thunder HAS to be lower than the rest of the nations

[@gerardoavina7457]

Fr. When i sideclimb in my p51 3 minutes later my whole team is dead. That’s why im focusing on Russia rather than the us.

[@doktorcodm6922]

if u notice 50 cal russian vs 50 cal america, the russian has so much damage in the 50 cal

[@lneurotoxinl4373]

I Need That Aim 😅

[@cubepain92]

Im wondering could you do the P61 C, the black widowed

[@MacWithGun]

I’ll think about it, but I don’t see myself flying the p61 out at least for the near future. It’s a bit too much of a boat to do consistently well in.

[@csh5414]

He isn’t going to fly anything that’s too difficult/ non meta. How can he look good in an underperforming plane?

[@MacWithGun]

@@csh5414 it’s always fun to try a challenge, but idk if it would get views either, so a vid on the p61 wouldn’t work out too well :(

[@isaenkosasha4975]

love your video, can you do wideo about kingCobra or mustang pls???

[@MacWithGun]

Yeah those planes are both fun, it’ll be a couple of days though because I have no footage and am working on another vid

[@isaenkosasha4975]

thank you =) @@MacWithGun

[@benitoculebro535]

Were you a combat ace in a past life? jaja

[@ReallyBillyBoggs]

"yak-3 is a monster" yeah whenever you aren't getting stomped but migs, yaks, i153s or pretty much any of the American P- planes lol

[@sule.A]

Yak 3 doesn't compress its like a zero

[@cultic7723]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO A VIDEO ON THE MIG 21 MF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM BEGGING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MacWithGun]

No.

[@aquafire_yt6247]

@@MacWithGun😂

[@SyanideIsGud]

Yak takes no skill, overtuned plane that out competes every fighter in performance. Any kid with no experience could get a kill with that thing.

[@strangefaust6330]

On the contrary, I think. I've just started playing planes after tanks...and having lots of problem with aiming at soviet fighters, not even mention how they easily rip at high speed. I guess any fighter plane needs a skill