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Old 08-22-2012, 08:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bongodriver View Post
Not true, there has been a very long winded thread recently highlighting the effects of stability, the 109 was more stable in pitch than the Spitfire and this manifests itself as a resistance on the controls making them heavy in all flight conditions and got progessively worse with increased speed.
Pitch would only effect elevator and you're making a general statement. A higher stability does not necessarily imply higher control forces. "Higher" control forces do not imply "heavy" controls.