Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Glider

I know this is going to sound rather foolish but can someone point me in the direction of the test report that mentions 3/4 in of travel for 3 G.

Its in here somewhere but I cannot find it, any hunts welcome

I can't find it either, I'm not as sure I ever saw it but I just assumed nobody was making it up.
Here is robteks first reference to it and it seems he was working from his own recollection of things, prior to this post I saw nothing with regards to that figure.

Originally Posted by robtek

The necessary Stick movement (elevator) to induce a 3 g load at cruise speed was three quarters of an inch in the Spitfire, afaik, very easy to get unintended reactions there if your arm isn't completely fixated.