Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[bongodriver]

In otherwords, the early mark Spitfire was not a hands off aircraft. Left to its own devices, it would eventually destroy itself without pilot input in conditions it was divergent.

'NO' mark of spitfire was 'hands off', nor for that matter was 'any' aircraft of the time, have you really raised a thread with all the guff you posted at the beginning just to prove the aircraft would 'eventually' 'if' left 'unchecked' destroy itself? what do you think pilots do? they control the aircraft.

Please tell me this has all been just a bad joke, I ended up banned for doing nothing different to anyone else on this thread.

[FS~Phat]

Gents time to all step away from the keyboard a bit and try and keep it from being personal. I dont want to have to lock the thread but I will if you cant all play nice!

And im not singling anyone out, your all as bad as one another in different ways. Which often happens with us passionate lot but please have a bit of humility and humour in your discussions as if you were a couple mates having a good old disagreement over a beer at the pub! If you can discuss with that kind of banter and respect it will be more fun for everyone. REMEMBER NO ONE IS WRONG OR RIGHT im 99% of these discussions, it is discussion of opinion. Facts can be interpreted differently or differing accounts can be made for just about every claim or published article ever made on the spit, the 109 and most of the era's aircraft. Please remember you are not automatically right just because you found something on the "interweb". None of us are experts in testing and we are presenting and interpreting data without the proper training to do so.

So have I made it clear we are all here to learn and discuss and not make things personal, and also try not to take everything personally???
Sometimes its hard I know but please give it go gents.

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My2 pennies.
I diidnt think any fighter was hans off at the time?
If i went to make a cuppa during flight i would most likely come back to a burning wreck no matter the plane i was flying.

We need structural damage modelling for all planes to stop unrealistic manouvers unger high g's. Is there bug tracker for this? Maybe a more sensitve elevator as this is well documented

Not going to comment on the rest as, to be frank, i dont understand it!