Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by robtek

Are you nuts???

No.. are you?

Originally Posted by robtek

Where in this thread have i ever talked about a 190 and its stall behaviour???

Please re-read my post and note that I never said you did..

I simply noted how hypocritical some of the blue minded members in this forum can take one airplane trait, in this case the acc stall 'flick' and refer to it as a negative trait when talking about non-blue planes and refer to it as a positive when talking about blue planes..

That is to say I was not specifically talking to you, as much as I was talking about some of the the blue minded members of this forum.

In short, if the shoe fits, ware it, if not than don't.

Originally Posted by robtek

Even Spitfire pilots used this accelerated stall flick roll as a last resort escape maneuver, i've read somewhere.

It is i. e. bad, when one is pursuing in a spit and it happens, changing the hunter to the prey in the worst case.

Btw, the 190 tactic was especially successful in a low level flight

Interesting..

So you agree that both the Spit and Fw190 had this trait..

And you also admitted how it can be a good trait when used to escape..

Yet in your previous post, when talking about the Spitfire you made no mention of the positive..

Only the negatives!

And it was not until I called you out on it that you agreed this trait can be a good thing.

Which speaks volumes about you IMHO..

For future reference

A more balanced approach, that mentions the pros and cons, would have brought a bit more credibility with it.