Some interesting facts about known instability of spitfire mk V in 1942 due to field operations ignoring advice about careful placement of equipment in the field. It appears the instability was "cured" by some elevator modifications and some sort of mass balancer changes. But a significant number of spits were officially documented as "dangerously unstable"...
http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/pol...e-3406-22.html
I love both the spit and 109 and flew the 109 almost exclusively for the first 3-4 years of my 10years with IL2. I have to say I was one to recently whinge about the latest FM changes but after a lot more research have come to the conclusion that TD's intent is admirable to replicate the documented "real life" not theoretical flight behaviour of the spit.
I do wonder though if they may have over done it, as it would appear these instability issues were well documented and addressed before the end of 1942.
I would like TD to consider some compromise on the stability changes in the new patch in favour of more stability as the problems did indeed exist if only for a year or so. Or is there some other way to allow us to compensate in the weapon/fuel loadout screen to gain more stability?
I do still think the elevator trim is overcooked a little too, as it definetly limits the ability to pull best possible radius turns if trimmed for level flight.
Thanks for listening!
FS~Phat