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Old 07-09-2012, 11:55 AM
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I mean right now the spit turns better than anything
It will never reflect reality as long as the stability and control characteristics of these two airplanes is not modeled.

Anybody who can run the math will tell you that especially if you simplify things by using symetrical airfoil formulation with a cambered wing.

It is a fact that many Bf-109 pilots believed they had a turn advantage over the Spitfire.

Why? The Bf-109 had better stability and control where needed for turn performance. It was equipped with ant-spin devices in the form of LE slats so a pilot could reef the aircraft around with confidence. In practical terms, those LE slats alone contribute to a pilot being able to extract more performance. It's stability and control characteristics made it a better gun platform that a pilot could extract maximum performance. Who cares if it stalls, it is not going anywhere and recovers easily.

The Spitfire pilot had very low stick force gardient, very little stick travel to work with, and a extremely harsh stall/spin which could kill him in the right circumstances. It was a twitchy gun platform with a dicey stall.

Which airplane would you want to be at tree top level trying to get maximum performance? A plane that is going to dip a wing a few degrees and keep flying or the one that is going to invert and spin?
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