Thread: Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires
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Old 07-19-2012, 04:55 PM
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Originally Posted by taildraggernut View Post
ACE the Spitfire was unstable....it just wasn't a problem, it was easy to fly
Agreed

Note I did not say it was not unstable.. My point was if it was as 'unstable' as some would have us belive than those Spits would have been falling out of skys as soon as the pilot moved the stick
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That being a pilots's 'perception' of what is going on can be very different from what is 'actually' going on.