Spitfire supposed to dive better than the 109?

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Originally Posted by jf1981

It should be stated that apparently, the controls were too heavy at such high speed, one could get out of th dive through use of the trim tab.

I don't know if it would be a good idea to implement such thing ...

I think there is a BugTracker report in that reports the Spitfire's roll rate as much too fast/responsive in a high speed > 400 mph dive, which should be implemented.

Up until the last Retail Version, the Spitfires would lose their ailerons at 420 mph IAS (between 10 - 15 K feet altitude), followed in rapid succession by the tail control surfaces. I would always throttle back when diving as a result to limit my speed to 400 mph IAS. Dutch gave me the heads up that the Spits can now go in excess of 420 IAS without falling apart, which I'll have to try out.