I'm a lufty flyer, but i frequently fly spits against my squaddies in our training sessions.
IMO the new spits are a welcome challenge. Before the patch they were ridiculously easy to fly, i was feeling ashamed of flying them, but then the only reason i do it is to give my squaddies a difficult opponent.
However, I really don't like the trim issue.
There are two problems:
1) torque correction via the preset aileron trim is off
2) propwash correction via the preset rudder trim is also off: in a 1943 spitV i often must press the LEFT rudder to avoid sideslipping while climbing at 250kph.
Both trimtabs overcorrect, at full power the plane is neutral at ridiculously slow speeds.
Especially the overcorrected propwash negatively affects flying charcteristics:
imagine yourself in a shallow climb at 350kph. You boot a good amount of left rudder to avoid slipping. Now you enter a maximum performance turn at the same speed, and while pulling on the stick, the propellor-induced gyroscopic precession will pull the nose even further to the right, so you must boot almost full left rudder to avoid slipping. If you allow slipping, you'll stall out early. Overall, the trim issue makes the spit a rather unstable gun platform.
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