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Originally Posted by Crumpp
This is the second or third time in this same thread the same argument has arisen.
The instability existed in all early mark Spitfires at normal and aft CG until it was fixed with the inertial weights.
It is a function of the tail design and elevator, static margin, and fuselage length.
The Operating Notes are full of warnings about it. It was not limited to one propeller or a specific load.
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Prove that you are not making a worst-case scenario out of just two documents:
Prove -
with documentation -
that the Spitfire had such bad longitudinal stability characteristics that it affected its abilities in general flight and in combat and, above all
PROVE that this can be replicated in a flight sim made for PCs.