A newbies impression of the 109 and spit

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

No that is in the Operating Notes....
So, we can say in 1940, the RAE had no standards, they just knew they had a dangerous airplane so they warn the pilot often.

They warned the pilot often in one set of Pilot's Notes and nowhere do they say the Spitfire was dangerous. They talk about the onset of blackout during high G manoeuvers but that's it.

Originally Posted by Crumpp

In 1946, the early mark Spitfires would have been labeled as "unacceptable" by the RAE but since they had to have bob-weights, there was no need.

Meaningless, purely hypothetical, therefore irrelevant - the early Spitfires did not need bob-weights in the elevator circuit they came later on the Mk Vs and were superseded by the larger, reshaped elevator mass balances.

Originally Posted by Crumpp

You won't find a Spitfire flying today without bob-weights.

How about a little proof?

Just for interest this story of X4276 describes what a young, trainee Sergeant thought about the dangerous Spitfire:

"The Spitfire was a beautiful aircraft, like a Tiger Moth but with real power. A doddle to fly. We used to throw them about all over the place, as unfortunately I demonstrated."