Did the La-7 have an ADI? (2 Viewers)

[GiorgioChiellini]

In the flight sim DCS, the La-7 has an ADI (as shown below). Are there any real life photos from the war of the La-7's cockpit with an ADI? I know it's rare and most didn't actually have one, but I'm wondering if a photo does exist of it having one.

Thanks!

 

[fubar57]

Original instruments.....

 

[lk838]

Probably some particular post-war variant (La-7UTI) with more instruments. According to Ла-7 матчасть it's an "Авиагоризонт АГП-2"

 

[VERSUCH]

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[Dzmitry M]

Technical Description of La-7 published in 1945 mentions a dedicated space on the instrument panel for the ADI, but it's never listed as a navigational instrument or in any avionics description/table. It's safe to assume it wasn't installed at least by standard, since even the uncommon radio heading indicator (RPK) is listed.

Spoiler: Specific extracts regarding lack of ADI

The only direct mention of ADI (or rather of space for its installation) in the text (p.161):

Here both the ADI and the RPK are shown as placeholders/vacant spaces:

And here only RPK is listed:

 

[Dzmitry M]

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Looks more like an I-185 cockpit. The main giveaway would be the one-piece windshield and additional gauges below the main panel. Lavochkin fighters had a simpler design and, by La-7's time certainly, a framed windshield with an armoured glass. (below is La-5F/FN cockpit for reference)