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That might be because the ones that had those problems never lived to talk about it

I dont think so. This moments (over mach 1 aerodynamics and control) very well cleared in flight instruction of 15bis (1950), and thre is no deadly probs with it, but some non serious troubles are in.

As for the weapons, they were lethal, I wonder if they would have been better off with 4 23mm instead though. Having 2 different guns means two entirely different trajectories and it makes the sighting difficult.

According to pilots who have combat clashes and kills in Korea, they have only ONE (!) fire button for hole battery, and dont have any ballistics/sightning problems.

The sights themselves were not very good either by the standards of what the americans were using. In terms of reloading, the pod system was well thought out and made life easier.

Agree here.

It is very well documented that there were production quality control issues with the Mig15's. Having to manually adjust wing tabs on the ground to try and trim the AC is not a sign of good control in production.

This issues was partitionaly sloved by test flights, where every pilot learn to deal with his own plane.

Not that it matters much, but the gun cameras were just AWEFUL too.. and the Soviets granted kills based on what the photo evidence showed..if the cross hairs were where they thought they should be on the target they assumed kills..not a great way to score AC.

For VVS pilots kills only can be confirmed with crushed plane on controlled territory, or (very rare) by witnesses.