Yak-38 is a vertical flight plane. Its not so hard to use but you only must monupilate in the right time. This plane is a fully copy from US plane and Soviet Union didnt want to agree with this. Anyway , this plane has a quite good speed (800 km/h at straight and 100 km/h for vertical flight).

Prescription for a better usage

Before start , at first decide what you want to do : go vertical or just straight. If you want to go vertical , then use activation group 3 and pull VTOL up. Remember , plane cant turn in the air in the right direction and you need to take enough height to monipulate situation. After you reached some height , pull proposion, pull VTOL to the zero (or to the middle) , disable 8 activaton group and wait (you`d better start proposion after you started vertical flight) . After a few seconds you will be able to fly.
If you want to fly just straight , disable activation group 8 and pull proposuion and soon you can go in the air after while.

Controls

Q&E - turn left and right plane when you are in the ground (its need when you want to go to the another place before starting flight)
A&D - control of wings
VTOL - for starting vertical flight or use flaps

Activation groups

Activation group 1 use flaps (VTOL UP or DOWN)
Activation group 2 close wings by pulling VTOL DOWN
Activation group 3 use of vertical flight by pulling UP
Activation group 8 control group for vertical flight (disable when you are in non vertical flight)

Armoured groups

50 mm main gun (x200 bullets) for air to air and air to ground
Rocket pods x2 (x14 rockets)

From author

This plane isnt so hard so you would understand this soon
ENJOY