why the spit turns most effectively at the limit edge and the 109 doesnt

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Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

If the elliptical form would have been so advantageous why did so few other air forces not adopt them? Supermarine was neither the inventor nor the patent holder of the elliptical wing.

I think you answered your own question when you noted

Originally Posted by 41Sqn_Stormcrow

It came at the cost of a wing very difficult to produce and it was commonly abandoned by all air forces.

War espically WWII was more about logistics and economics.. Along those same lines is one of the reason they went with the P51 over the P38.. economics