Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by 6S.Manu

Mine was a compliment.
OT: BTW Can I ask if you know a source for the RR Merlin family? I'm trying to develop a framework about engines and I'm interested to have some data.

I'm not asking you to do my work: I need only a clue about a website or a book. Thanks!

No problems: a reasonable starting point can be found on this site:
http://www.spitfireart.com/merlin_engines.html

Some valuable articles can be downloaded from Flight Global:
eg: http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...42 - 0449.html
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...42 - 2609.html
or
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchi...0-%200164.html

or for the Griffon

You can download a Merlin 61 Maintenance Manual Here (via DepositFiles)

One really good source for books is the Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust

Hope this helps.