Spit/109 sea level speed comparisons in 1.08 beta patch

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Grab a dictionary and look it up....

Also, go to the local airport and ask a mechanic about the number of airplanes that just have longitudinal trim controls. It is pretty common for a well designed control system. Most modern SE airplanes have fixed trim for everything but the elevator.

So what? As per ususl Crumpp conflates modern civilian practices for sports aircraft and says this should have been the same on high speed fighters during WW2 How many high speed WW2 fighters has Crumpp flown?

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Why do you think the trim on the Bf-109 is set to 400 kph IAS???
Having a fixed trim condition is a great way to set the combat speed for your airforce.

Utter balony, it's a great way to ensure that once in flight pilots do not have the ability to trim the aircraft to suit the circumstances - the 109E rudder became increasingly heavy, to the point where it was almost impossible to use - it's interesting that later "tall tailed" 109 variants had a trim tab to help overcome this problem. Setting the "combat speed" to a uniform and abitrary 248 mph? What's the point of that?

Any WW2 fighter that used trim controls rather than fixed trim was, by Crumpp's definition, badly designed and therefore inferior to uber Luftwaffe aircraft.