Throwing some light on rates of turn

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Originally Posted by ATAG_Snapper

@Crumpp -- I agree that something serious should have broken (or at least bent) with a hard "assymmetrical" (is that the right term? Dunno!) pullout such as you did. Did you black out during the pullout? My reason for asking is that other threads are noting that full control surface deflection is not being achieved with the Spitfire under random circumstances. That would've resulted in a gentler pullout than you had intended, provided you had enough altitude to recover. But if you did experience blackout in the pullout that would be a fair indicator that the elevator was indeed doing its job as you intended -- and something should've gone crunch IMHO. (I've crunched lotsa virtual Spits and Hurries in Cliffs of Dover LOL).

Just now I tested a spit 1, dive at 400mph indicated and I pulled back as hard as possible, with a full rudder. Nothing broke, and my pilot blacked out momentarily. Although at 430mph dive, I broke the spit 2a wing.

It seems to me the limit is between 400 and 430mph (taking both variants to be roughly equivalent.)

I made videos of both. happy to distribute the track file if necessary for proof.