Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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If it is defined that the only stability and control engineers at that time were in the US (specifically associated with NACA), and they formulated standards which the Spitfire failed, then the Spitfire failed...as defined in this rather narrow question.

Gates was not NACA and neither was the RAE when they published the Operating Notes.

Spitfire is not a good example of the value of the advances in stability and control.

It is not meant to be a good example of advances in stability and control. The thread is meant to point out the measureable and definable characteristics so that they can be modeled for the game.