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And from Spitfire pilot notes:
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It has been debated ad nauseum.
It is a fact the RAE had no stability and control measured standards outside of opinion and feelings. I have all the reports that Gates submitted during the war trying to get the RAE on a measurable standard. Every one of them reports the early mark Spitfires as unacceptable by a measureable standard.
The NACA had measured standards which the Spitfire did not meet. The stability and control characteristics are documented, measured, and reproducable for a game.
There is also no question the stability and control characteristics are just as important as the standard subsonic aerodynamic formulation for determing the relative dogfighting ability of these aircraft.
The Pilots notes ALSO say:
Opinion was strong enough to include multiple warnings describing longitudinal instability and what would become in the post war, unacceptable stability and control characteristics.