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Old 02-11-2011, 05:02 AM
JtD JtD is offline
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The Spitfire has a CoG that's somewhat rearward. A bit more than on most other planes. This means that any force input will give you a larger effect - be it control input, adverse yaw or even gyroscopic effects. It also gives the plane a considerable nose up tendency.

That's all there is to it.
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