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Old 05-08-2012, 06:15 PM
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Originally Posted by bongodriver View Post
Kermode may be 'dated' by todays standards but given we are talking 1930/40's aircraft then it covers everything applicable for the time, the new deffinitions of stability you give really have come about since the advent of aircraft capable of all these different states.
The laws of physics haven't changed since the war. Stability isn't something that an aircraft is "capable of".

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if the Spitfire was dynamically unstable as I believe the Spit bashers are claiming
I don't think anyone here is claiming the spit was dynamically unstable, nor would I say anyone here is a "Spit basher".

It's not "bashing" the spitfire to say it was not statically stable. Facts are facts. If you're going to get emotionally invested in this discussion then I'd rather not engage with you.

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