What is "aircraft stability" - IN VIDEO

[Crumpp]

Honestly, Don't dish it if you can't take it.

I am sorry to hear about your Dad.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Honestly, Don't dish it if you can't take it.

I am sorry to hear about your Dad.

WTF are you talking about? I can take you making stupid personal insults any day of the week, I'm very comfortable with the reality of our situations, what I don't appreciate are insults to my family.

[TomcatViP]

This thread is another candidate for a lock.

[ACE-OF-ACES]

Originally Posted by TomcatViP

This thread is another candidate for a lock.

Which is Crumpps goal.. When caught in a msitake.. Do something to get it locked.. SOP for him

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

Which is Crumpps goal.. When caught in a msitake.. Do something to get it locked.. SOP for him

Yep, all I asked for was some proof he had a pilots license just like I did, all I got was hostility and evasion, if I was Crumpp I'd try to get the thread locked PDQ.

[Crumpp]

F6F, Hurricane Mk I and Mk II, F4F, Bf-109, FW-190, A6M, and the list goes on...

Glider,

Most aircraft are not positive statically stable and negative dynamically stable stick free. It is an unacceptable characteristic.

Those aircraft all have acceptable stability and control characteristics. What is the issue or what is it you think I am claiming?

You do understand that every aircraft with an issue meant a solution was implemented.

When something is broken, it gets fixed. The Spitfire was fixed by the addition of an inertial elevator. That did not happen though until after the Battle of Britain!!

[JtD]

You were asked to name an aircraft that could be flown hands off (after you were (correctly) stating the Spitfire wasn't one), and you came up with that list. It's not about "acceptable stability", it's about hands off qualities. I'm suggesting you provide evidence for your statement, in particular stability in the phugoid and spiral mode.

[Crumpp]

It's not about "acceptable stability", it's about hands off qualities.

Well that post is about acceptable stability and control characteristics.

The post you quote is a reply to Glider when he made a claim that the norm for fighters in WWII was to have unacceptable stability and control characteristics.

That is not true.

[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Let me ask your pilot advice then on an issue.

Mode C stopped reporting yesterday. What do you think of the trans-cal over the Ack?

Do you have any experience?

shouldn't you ask an avionics engineer? do you need mode C desparately? whats wrong with mode A? are you regularily flying in controlled airspace? it's not mandatory to have mode C outside of controlled airspace here.

[Crumpp]

My homebase is Class C.