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Originally Posted by Glider
Nice one, I like this bit on the SPitfire
FIGURE 4.5. Supermarine Spitfire airplane. A high-performance fighter noted for its role in the Battle of Britain and throughout WW II, the Spitfire had desirably light elevator control forces in maneuvers and near neutral longitudinal stability. Its greatest deficiency from the combat standpoint was heavy aileron forces and sluggish roll response at high speeds.
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I thought it was worth making the 'desirably' bold too
Interesting to note the 'near neutral longitudinal stability' persumably this is because it was
slightly longitudinaly unstable, but not unstable enough as to be regarded a problem.