Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[robtek]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

So let me see if I understand you correctly..

When a spitfire experiences a high speed stall that results in a 'flick roll' it is undesirable..
When a Fw190 experiences a high speed stall that results in a 'flick roll' it is desirable..

Interesting..

Because we have all heard heard the stories of the German Fw190 pilots that used this technique to evade someone on their six, where they would intentionally cause a high speed stall (acc stall) that would cause the Fw190 to 'flick roll' onto its back to preform a fast split-s maneuver.. Which was a good (desirable) trait as far as the German Fw190 pilots were concerned..

So it appears that you have a double standard..

Spit does it it is a bad thing
Fw190 does it it is a good thing

Which IMHO sounds like you are the one who will just mix the resulting explanations as you like

Are you nuts???

Where in this thread have i ever talked about a 190 and its stall behaviour???

Even Spitfire pilots used this accelerated stall flick roll as a last resort escape maneuvre, i've read somewhere.

It is i. e. bad, when one is pursuing in a spit and it happens, changing the hunter to the prey in the worst case.

Btw, the 190 tactic was especially successful in a low level flight