Spit IIa

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Not at all. In fact that is big myth.

Remember, a stable airplane can do any maneuver an unstable aircraft can. The stable airplane can do it just as fast and more precisely requiring a less skilled pilot to do the same thing. It can also do things the unstable one cannot. Such as not destroy itself by overloading the airframe, shoot down other airplanes much faster, land with more control and precision, maneuver better in rough air, and hold a precise altitude/heading in instrument conditions.

Unstable just means the airplane is skittish and hard to control.



Sure it was....

The RAE even recognized it attempted to fix it. Eventually it was eliminated in the very late marques with an empennage redesign.

So, when someone refers to a Modern Aircraft being unstable (I'm thinking of the ones that need a computer to fly them) are they talking about the same 'unstability'? Is it even true? (I'm not arguing here, I'd just like to know)

About the 'problem', how come the vast majority of Spitfire pilots say it was so easy to fly? How did this problem manifest it's self?