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Old 07-25-2012, 02:54 PM
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Originally Posted by JtD View Post
I don't understand why folks are going nuts about the Spitfires longitudinal instability, it wasn't a problem for any pilot or how NACA put it "the well know long period oscillations have no correlation with the handling qualities of an airplane". Basically, it doesn't matter .
Slightly pithy but pretty much on the nose.

Last edited by KG26_Alpha; 07-25-2012 at 08:44 PM.