Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Point it out, then. The only questions I've ignored are the silly ones that have no bearing on the matter, like did 1930's Britain have a stability standard.

As I have pointed out before Crumpp made this an integral part of his claims about the Spitfire control characteristics - that Britain's aircraft manufacturers did not have a design standard for stability and control, therefore they designed bad characteristics into aircraft such as the Spitfire and got away with it because, unlike the mighty Yanks and Germans, they were not "obligated" to correct such things; this type of claim deserves to be challenged because it shows an incomprehensible lack of knowledge from someone who claims to be an expert in aeronautical engineering! Blame Crumpp for introducing the subject in his first posting.