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Originally Posted by IvanK
For those debating Spitfire Elevator trim and the fact that they are seeing the elevator deflected visibly in external views when trimmed out. Well have a look at a few Air to Air shots of Spitfires and check out the position of the elevator. Its pretty characteristic of the type. Here is a couple of images of a MKXVI (Belongs to the Australian Temora collection) taken from an O2 whilst sitting in close formation and all nicely trimmed out speed at the time 130 Knots IAS:
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Reading your post i'm not too sure Sean, were you in the spit or in the O2 ? I know you fly warbirds occasionnally, did you fly the spit and does it really need much down trim, even at slow speeds and/or low power ? Pilot's notes are quite evasive on the matter.