Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by Al Schlageter

Only when the other thugs try to castrate the Spitfire.

I don't consider asking the developers to model accurate handling characteristics to be a castration.

[taildraggernut]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I don't consider asking the developers to model accurate handling characteristics to be a castration.

Accurate by whose standards? Ok let's see how it goes when Crumpp starts the apparent topic on the 109.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

Accurate by whose standards?

Well, according to the docs that Lane posted, the A&AEE's standards.

Ok let's see how it goes when Crumpp starts the apparent topic on the 109.

I'll be just as active in that thread as I am in this one. See you there.

[taildraggernut]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Well, according to the docs that Lane posted, the A&AEE's standards.

Would you mind pointing out where those standards show clearly how dangerous and what a 'death trap' the Spitfire allegedly is?

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I'll be just as active in that thread as I am in this one. See you there.

I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever

[Al Schlageter]

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever

It will be from the other side of the fence tho.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

Would you mind pointing out where those standards show clearly how dangerous and what a 'death trap' the Spitfire allegedly is?

I never said it was dangerous, or a death trap, and neither do the A&AEE's conclusions.

[taildraggernut]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I never said it was dangerous, or a death trap, and neither do the A&AEE's conclusions.

Sowhat exactly is the point of this thread? Crumpp certainly seems to be saying that and you are avidly defending him.

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by taildraggernut

Sowhat exactly is the point of this thread? Crumpp certainly seems to be saying that and you are avidly defending him.

As far as I'm concerned, the point of this thread is to provide a measurable definition of the spitfire's handling characteristics, and hopefully to assemble something that the developers can put in game.

Something more concrete than a pilot saying "the spitfire was easy to fly" because you can't measure that, which means you can't code it.

People think I'm here to neuter the spitfire because I have a Bf 109 in my signature. If they have the data and want to run the 109 through the same process I will accept any conclusion that the data supports.

[Crumpp]

The Bf-109 is another thread.

This one is about the measured flying qualities of the early mark Spitfire. That means the ones in the game.

[Crumpp]

The British did not have Stability and Control Standards during World War II. Only the United States and Germany had them in place.

To determine flying qualities, the RAE relied upon the individual talent of the design firm and the opinion of its test pilots.