Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Is not an adopted standard....

Why exactly is this relevant in any case? the US managed to put aircraft into production with almost exactly the same 'apparent' problems as the Spitfire, the Mustang III was actually longitudinally 'unstable' while the Spit was neutrally stable, most of the pilot's notes I have read on several WWII aircraft do not permit intentional spinning and do not permit 'flick' manouvers, the free lessons in aerodynamics make for interesting reading to the Layman I'm sure but I'm wondering what the actual point is, the Spitfire never had a bad reputation for stability.