Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

I read the entire article. Are you denying that a stable aircraft can be maneuverable?

This is a bit of a loaded statement. It ignores half of the argument.

The question is: Is a stable aircraft more or less maneuverable than an unstable one. Of course you can have a maneuverable stable aircraft but, are unstable aircraft more maneuverable than that?

The other big question is how detrimental to the Spitfires performance was the instability?