[bongodriver]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Ahh....

You can look at the slope of the Cm/CL curve.....

Ahhh, elevator oscillation graphs....


Ahhh, Abrupt pull up characteristics.....

Elevator angle / Acceleration / stick force graphs....

It is very cut and dry. No emotional involvement required.

Here is the stick travel requirement the Spitfire did not meet.....

You guys need a copy of the report?

I can look at your graphs all day, it doesn't change the fact that the same report from NACA gives avery different picture to yours, next time quote me in context, I was talking about the apparent need to push the stick forward in the turn, I had no problem accepting the stick 'travel'......I said I assumed nobody was 'making it up'.
Like I said to Doggles, if there was a case where the Spit needed to have the stick 'pushed' in the turn it would have been subject to when the CoG was in the unstable region, and this would have been a temporary condition subject to fuel burn.

Does anybody have a good Spitfire weight and balance schedule? I just can't find one.