La-11

La-11

La-11

USSR

IV Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
5.3	5.3	5.7

Class:

PREMIUM

Fighter

Purchase:Bundle or Gift

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Description

The La-11 is a premium gift rank IV Soviet fighter with a battle rating of 5.3 (AB/RB) and 5.7 (SB). It was introduced as a premium pack in Update 1.65 "Way of the Samurai" and was removed from the store after the 2018 Summer Sale. It was again made available briefly as part of the 2021 Summer Sale.

General info

Flight performance

Max speed

at 6 200 m680 km/h

Turn time22 s

Max altitude10 250 m

EngineShvetsov M-82FN

TypeRadial

Cooling systemAir

Take-off weight4 t

La-11 is a long-range version of his brother, La-9 in nature; most of its flight performance is identical other than its heavier weight due to additional fuel tanks. The weight itself is in fact the culprit of it, making La-11 underperforms than La-9; at full load, it performs nowhere close to his brother, while in lighter load makes it fairly identical to La-9; therefore, bringing less fuel is suggested for better flight performance.

Like La-9 and many designs from Lavochkin Design Bureau, La-11 is specialized at below 4000 m (around 13000 ft) thanks to its M-82FN engine found on many earlier Soviet air-cooled propellers; this engine, at 1650 hp when spaded, could push La-11 up to 680 km/h at 6800m albeit its worse performance to liquid-cooled engines at such altitude. So keeping yourself below 4000 m is suggested, which might become a problem when being suppressed by late WWII propellers at higher altitudes.

Characteristics	Max Speed (km/h at 6,200 m)		Max altitude (metres)	Turn time (seconds)		Rate of climb (metres/second)		Take-off run (metres)
	AB	RB		AB	RB	AB	RB
Stock	653	632	10250	23.2	24.0	11.7	11.7	500
Upgraded	709	680		20.9	22.0	21.8	16.1

Details

Features
Combat flaps	Take-off flaps	Landing flaps	Air brakes	Arrestor gear
✓	✓	✓	X	X

Limits
Wings (km/h)	Gear (km/h)	Flaps (km/h)			Max Static G
		Combat	Take-off	Landing	+	-
0	320	460	434	290	~12	~7

Optimal velocities (km/h)
Ailerons	Rudder	Elevators	Radiator
< 480	< 340	< 570	> 341

Compressor (RB/SB)
Setting 1
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
1,550 m	1,650 hp	1,995 hp
Setting 2
Optimal altitude	100% Engine power	WEP Engine power
4,550 m	1,430 hp	N/A

Survivability and armour

Crew1 person

Speed of destruction

Structural0 km/h

Gear320 km/h

Thanks to its development era at very early Cold War, the fuel tanks were equipped with nitrogen generator which helped to suppress a fire if the tanks were penetrated; making it less prone to being set aflame.

While the protection itself is nowhere to be proud of: a 55 mm glass-plate up front at the windshield and a 66 mm one at back, as well as a 8.5 mm steel plate at the lower rear side of the cockpit. It might migrate some damage from 12.7 mm, but anything beyond that can finish off the pilot with ease.

• Steel plate
  • Rear of cockpit, behind the seat- 8.5 mm
• Bulletproof glass
  • Windshield- 55 mm
  • Rear of cockpit, behind the headrest- 66 mm

Modifications and economy

Repair cost

AB1 941

RB4 371

SB9 479

Crew training10 000

Experts320 000

Aces1 100

Research Aces1 050 000

Reward for battleAB / RB / SB

2 × 100 / 230 / 480 %

2 × 172 / 172 / 172 %

Modifications

Flight performance	Survivability	Weaponry
Fuselage repair Radiator Compressor Wings repair Engine Engine injection	Airframe Cover	ns23_belt_pack ns23_new_gun

Armaments

Offensive armament

Weapon 13 x 23 mm NS-23 cannon

Ammunition225 rounds

Fire rate600 shots/min

The La-11 is armed with:

• 3 x 23 mm NS-23 cannons, nose-mounted (75 rpg = 225 total)

NS-23 cannons are common to those players who player Yakovlev's fighters as well, mostly fitted at the cowl with fairly few rounds. In Lavochkin's case, it has 225 rounds to spare with 75 rounds per guns spread around the engine fairing, one less gun to his brother. The caliber of this gun alone fears many aircrafts including the heaviest bombers, with aerial rounds, a few accurate shots land on fighters can ruin their day quickly with ease; the heaviest of bombers will also suffer from severe or even lethal damage. But do keep in mind that 225 rounds in total is not a good news for trigger-happy players, so fire these guns in short bursts.

Usage in battles

To be edited.

Manual Engine Control

MEC elements
Mixer	Pitch	Radiator			Supercharger	Turbocharger
		Oil	Water	Type
Not controllable	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Controllable Not auto controlled	Separate	Controllable 2 gears	Not controllable

Pros and cons

Pros:

• Powerful nose-mounted cannons
• High rate of fire
• Ability to fire half the guns (One 23 mm cannon is bound as light machine guns, the other two are cannons)
• Good performance below 3 km thanks to the powerful engines
• Decent roll rate

Cons:

• Doesn't perform well at altitudes above 4 km
• Low ammo capacity (worsen due to it has one less gun than La-9)
• Powerful recoil
• Poor frontal cockpit visibility

History

See also: La-9

The Lavochkin La-9 (NATO: Fritz) was among the very last propeller fighters in the world, it started its fairly short life in the VVS in 1946; while the aircraft was still under the prototype name of La-130, VVS suggested that Lavochkin can further improve the range of La-130; the design, which has been rushed just 6 months after the commission of La-9, was later renamed to La-134, aka La-9M. The new La-9M was test by A.G. Kochetkov in May 1947, with many modifications over the original La-130 design and most of all, 1130 L fuel could be held instead of the original 825 L. This costs an 571 kg increase in full-load weight and after flight tests, it was concluded that La-9M could perform like a La-9 only when around 600 L of fuel was carried.

The new La-134/La-9M then passed for certification and renamed to its current name- Lavochkin La-11 (NATO: Fang) in the same year; assembled at Factory 21 (UAC Sokol Aircraft Plant in Nizhny Novgorod) under the factory name Izdeliye 51. It was manufactured until 1951 when newer jets had already soaring in the skies, which also marked the end of propeller fighters [1]; the aircraft scored very little victories over its enemies due to the late introduction and were mostly used as trainers, most of them were then transferred to Soviet allies such as the KPAF and PLAAF, where would have a second life before they were all replaced by jets.

Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the La-11 from live.warthunder.com.

Videos

Premium Review: La-11 [Underwhelming] - Jengar

See also

Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:

• reference to the series of the aircraft;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] La-11: The Last of Its Kind
• Official data sheet - more details about the performance

Lavochkin Design Bureau (Лавочкинa Опытное конструкторское бюро)
LaGG-3*	I-301 · LaGG-3-4 · LaGG-3-8 · LaGG-3-11 · LaGG-3-23 · LaGG-3-34 · LaGG-3-35 · LaGG-3-66
La-5/7	La-5 · La-5F · La-5FN · La-7 · Dolgushin's La-7 · La-7B-20
La-9/11	La-9 · La-11
Jet Fighters	La-15 · La-174 · La-200
Export	␗La-9 · ␗La-11
Captured	▀La-5FN
	*Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov (Лавочкин-Горбунов-Гудков), head designer V. P. Gorbunov