These planes have been extremely puzzling me in terms of their real top speed. It doesn't help that sources also vary on their engine power output at different altitudes.
For example for La-5 (M-82) there are sources that state that it's top speed was at Sea Level: 509km/h, 515km/h , 531km/h , 535km/h
And no matter which Lavochkin i look at all the sources keep being utterly different. The top speeds at different altitudes also seem to differentiate abnormally as if every Lavochkin source had a different power curve on that particular engine.
etc La-5 has 509 at SL and 580 at opt alt
Then different source saying it was 515 at SL and 580 at opt alt and even another source saying 535 at SL and 580 at opt alt
Then I move to La-5F which has same power as M-82 but can keep max power for much longer period and it states 551 at SL and 590 at optimal altitude.
when I put 1 and 1 together i just get thrown into a mass of chaos
So now you find yourself in a situation where you have to choose how fast an La-5 was at SL with 1700 horsepower.
Was it 509?
Was it 515?
Was it 531?
Was it 535?
Was it 551?
Was it 560?
I give up... honestly wtf Russia document your planes properly.
So in a nutshell what I'm trying to gather is the info marked ???
La-5 (M-82)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at ???m altitude
-
La-5F (M-82F)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at ???m altitude
-
La-5FN (M-82FN)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at 6250m
-
La-7 (M-82FN)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at 6250m
For example for La-5 (M-82) there are sources that state that it's top speed was at Sea Level: 509km/h, 515km/h , 531km/h , 535km/h
And no matter which Lavochkin i look at all the sources keep being utterly different. The top speeds at different altitudes also seem to differentiate abnormally as if every Lavochkin source had a different power curve on that particular engine.
etc La-5 has 509 at SL and 580 at opt alt
Then different source saying it was 515 at SL and 580 at opt alt and even another source saying 535 at SL and 580 at opt alt
Then I move to La-5F which has same power as M-82 but can keep max power for much longer period and it states 551 at SL and 590 at optimal altitude.
when I put 1 and 1 together i just get thrown into a mass of chaos
So now you find yourself in a situation where you have to choose how fast an La-5 was at SL with 1700 horsepower.
Was it 509?
Was it 515?
Was it 531?
Was it 535?
Was it 551?
Was it 560?
I give up... honestly wtf Russia document your planes properly.
So in a nutshell what I'm trying to gather is the info marked ???
La-5 (M-82)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at ???m altitude
-
La-5F (M-82F)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at ???m altitude
-
La-5FN (M-82FN)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at 6250m
-
La-7 (M-82FN)
???km/h at Sea Level
???km/h at 6250m
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