I Want my 4.09 Spit FM's back.........

[swiss]

Originally Posted by lane

According to the dive chart posted above it took 36.4 seconds to reach Mach .891 from 274 mph TAS ; that isn’t exactly forever. The AFDU did note, however, in comparing the Mustang III and Spitfire IX that “The Mustang III pulls away very rapidly in a slight dive.” It only stands to reason that eventually - evidently in about half a minute, the Spitfire IX would gain on the Mustang.

Oh, ok.
Sure, the spit is best fighter ever built.
Turns better, outdives, and of course outruns any plane on the planet.

The holy grail of aircraft construction.


edit:
http://www.flightjournal.com/Media/M...ger/fw-190.pdf
nice read about the 190, he mentions the Spit 9 too.

[Erkki]

Originally Posted by swiss

Oh, ok.
Sure, the spit is best fighter ever built.
Turns better, outdives, and of course outruns any plane on the planet.

The holy grail of aircraft construction.


edit:
http://www.flightjournal.com/Media/M...ger/fw-190.pdf
nice read about the 190, he mentions the Spit 9 too.

Dont forget the magic elliptic antigravitation. War winning stuff.

[Nicholaiovitch]

Quote from “Gun Button to Fire” (Tom Neil – passage refers to May 1940…so Mk1)

“I forced down the nose and watched the speed rise rapidly – 300, then 350, finally 400. Everything tight and the starboard wing dropping. Hard left aileron now – it must be the radiator under one wing. I trimmed forward…..more, then more, working the rudder bias at the same time. God, I had never been so fast! 430!”

Interesting! This was his first flight in a Spitfire.

Nicholaiovitch

Edit:- Dive was started at 8000ft.

[SEE]

Such sceptiscm and sarcasm! .......I suppose, that despite the evidence in the video, that the early spits could fly inverted for longer than is currently modelled (without the engine dying and spluttering) is going to be challenged as MOD propaganda rather than genuine attempts to correct FM errors.