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Originally Posted by bongodriver
actually theres static and dynaminc
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Edited my post, as I was typing too fast. There are three conditions of static or dynamic stability: Positive, Negative, and Neutral. The spitfire had neutral (when i was in school we used the term "zero") static longitudinal stability. An aircraft can only be said to be statically stable if it has positive stability.
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I don't need to learn anything from people claiming the spitfire was 'unstable', and believe me static (or neutral) stability is by no means unstable.
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It's not my fault if you're misusing the accepted terminology. I've provided a reference from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics that supports my case.
Go look up a reference that proves me wrong, showing the spitfire had positive static stability.