S3 Series

fyi
Took off from field 2 100 fuel,la5f= bout 33 min of flight.
Grabbed straight toward 21 arriving at 15 k and 22 min flight left, cruised at 15 k toward 193, turned toward 221, then dove out toward the coast and ran otd back toward field 2 arriving to land with bout 7 min of fuel left.
Best guess right now is ya got only 10 min or so to spend in enemy territory......mebbe.
I found sticky grass runways at fields 281 and 280 in the first half of runway. 2nd half it straightened out and rolled fine still being able to lift off but when I hit the transition of sticky grass to reg runway...the plane lurched alarmingly....
A static transport blew up with one strafing run from my la5f, but the funny little barge looking boat ..did not. Mucho low level triple AA in the harbor at 73 area with positions in the top of the light towers ( well they look like lighthouses to me)
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Good to know.. LARGE learning curve on this one.

Its important to check out the object hardness settings and the ground labels of a target. PDF on main site.
http://www.squadselectseries.com

For example;

boats are boats(BB) in the OT setting = 1000 pts
freighters are cargo(CM) in the OT setting = 2500 pts
destroyers are capital(C1) in the OT setting = 3500 pts

250kg GP bomb does 1289 pts of damage so it takes 1 direct hit to sink a boat, 2 DHs to sink a freighter and 3 to sink a destroyer.

trucks are carriers(CB) in the OT setting = 200 pts
tanks are weapons(WM) in the OT setting = 850 pts
metal bridge spans are docks(DM) in the OT setting = 2250 pts
stone bridge spans are rocks(RK) in the OT setting = 500 pts
pontoon bridge spans are pontoons(EH) in the OT setting = 350 pts

100kg GP bomb does 516 pts of damage so it takes 1 DH to destroy a truck, pontoon or stone bridge span, 2 DHs to destroy a tank and 5 DHs to destroy a metal bridge span.

LAF5F RANGE: AS TESTED. 100% fuel no ordinance.
CLIMB TO 23000 FEET, 10 MINUTES. DISTANCE 30 MILES . AT 150 CLIMB RATE.
LEVEL AT 23,000 full throttle.. RANGE 102 MILES TOTAL.
RADIUS OF ACTION: 90 MILES.
(May change depending on altitude leveling, throttle settings, wep use. etc. )

RECOMMEND USE ORDINANCE ON SOFT TARGETS. USE "EXTRA" BOMBS TO SOFTEN HARD TARGETS AND STRAFE.
HARD TARGETS HANGER / FUEL WILL NOT BE DESTROYED EFFICIENTLY WITH BOMBS.

ORDINANCE TESTS LA5F. LA CARRIES TWO 220LB GP BOMBS. ( NOTE 100 KG = 220 LB )
(NOTE: These test done in off line arena hopefully damage settings same.)

Target 1: Airfield 281:

TARGET.......ORDINANCE ..... RESULTS
AD HANGER: 1 X ................ NONE. dropped one then second.
...................2 SALVO......... NONE . straffed it down.
FD FUEL ......1 X .................NONE. dropped one then second.
...................2 SALVO......... NONE. straffed it down
G 40mm AAA. 1x..................DESTROYED
ACFT............1 X ................. DESTROYED.

ya, our 100 lb bombs don't do much. OTOH, strafing ships may yield best results from cannon armed strafers.
Yes, our radius of action is very short. Shorter than anything before. I'm sure bad guys know that too

ORDINANCE TEST LA5F. ORDINANCE ON LA5 ARE 2 X 220 LB GP BOMBS.

TARGET, AIRFIELD ( 182 ) TARGET IS GRID 8,5 1

TARGET........ORDINANCE....... RESULT.
FD FUEL DUMP.. 1X................ NONE dropped second with no result.
....................... 2 x salvo....... Destroyed... maybe residual from first attack fresh.
AD AMMO DUMP.1 X ...............NONE dropped second with no result.
........................2 x salvo........NONE. straffed down target after drop.
PA HANGER........1X ................NONE. dropped second with no result.
........................2 x salvo........NONE. straffed down target after drop.
RS RADAR ST. ...1 X...............NONE. dropped second with no result.
........................2 x salvo........NONE. straffed down target after drop. went easy.
RD RADAR EM....1 x ...............NONE. dropped second with no result.
........................2 x salvo.......NONE. Straffed down with great difficulty.
C READY ROOM.. 1 X ..............NONE. dropped second with no result.
.........................2 x salvo.......DESTROYED.
G 40MM AAA.......1 X...............DESTROYED.
HT HUT..............1 X................DESTROYED.
PA AIRCRAFT......1 X ...............DESTROYED.

Hope this helps you plan your attacks accordingly

Blu,
Offline (default) damage settings and arena settings are , unfortunately, not the same. I haven't checked to see if after you log into the arena your offline damage settings are updated to the arena ones.

Be aware the LA5-F has VERY fragile wings at speeds. I just flew 100% throttle, trim level --> rolled over --> pulled back on stick... SNAP!!!

So treat it very gently

Yak9D is a long-range version of that a/c. From phenix's page it gets 88 mins of flight compared to the La5Fs 35 mins at a 0.85 modifier. Escorts may want to look at that.