That would seem entirely possible. Though not Spitfire I know of at least one occasion when an RAAF Winjeel lost its primary elevator cables. A tailslide gone wrong ended up shearing elevator cables.

The aircraft was recovered on trim control alone.

anyone having landing issues the plane will not stop, it's as if the grass is ice?

I'm landing at 90 to 70 mph and still sliding off the runway its like the breaks don't even work now.

Hawkinge airfield, Manston, Ramsgate.

Agree there Mastiff. Maybe 20% brakes left on her.. Low landing speed now..
Altso I always get fuel "troubble" when 5% left. Less usable now..

~s~

Mastiff,

+1.

I am now in the habit of cutting off my fuel as soon as the wheels hit ground, it's the only way I can stop...

~Deacon

According to spitfire Performance site the landing run with brakes should be about 265 yards (from touch down?) or 335 odd yards from the 50' screen.

http://www.spitfireperformance.com/n3171.html

What we need to test is a runway with regularly spaced objects as markers.

May be a Friction issue. On spawning aircraft weathervanes into wind even with light winds implying little or no friction.

In addition to weak breaks the nose tipping tendency is way to much which doesn't really help as you cant get the brakes on aggressively enough as it is.

LOL I think you mean 'rolling resistance', Ivan. I wondered why some of my spawn experiences have the plane slowly yawing to one side - probably not modelled yet; hence the long roll-out after landing?

I think your latter comment is a contradiction though; it is the braking torque that is tipping up the plane! Probably also a pilot error; best not to apply the brakes unless you have all 3 points on the ground? I always end up on my back too!

;-)

Marx

The aircraft do seem to float a fair bit, but get the speed down to where it should be like around 70mph and it feels ok to me.

The rev counters on the Blen are still fuzzy though. :(

I only hopped in a Blenheim once or twice before the recent patching, but yeah - everything in that cockpit still feels a little blurrier than I remember.

On a plus note I managed to take out the JU88s at Oye-Plage myself last night!

same problem
 

I also have same problem so its not gonna be an ATI issue..

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