Originally Posted by HappyJack260
I've only once flown a Yak-52 and I didn't do the landing, but it struck me that it felt very much like a bigger Chipmunk in the air - similar control weightings and cockpit feel (though rather more knobs and buttons). I didn't like the springs they put in the Yak's controls, but understood they could be taken out. And of course, both aircraft were for years the primary trainers for their respective military operators.
The Yak has a far more immediate control response with more powerful controls (roll rate much faster than a Chippy, for instance, and will bang your head on the canopy sides as it starts and stops!). No springs in our Yak's control runs! For aeros, it's in a different league (much, much more engine power, VP prop, inverted systems, powerful controls, aerobatically unlimited - cleared for anything in the Aresti catalogue). However, in my opinion it lacks the Chippy's superb control harmonisation.
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