Spitfire Rads - How closed do you go?

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Originally Posted by PeterPanPan

Thanks chaps, very useful indeed. What is 'normal' setting though? Was there such a setting in the real world or are we talking about simply half open? Will check tonight, but is there any cockpit indication (other than the position of the 'handbrake') of where the rad is?

Heh, heh. Normal for me is halfway. I read somewhere that pilots used to line the 'handbrake' up with the corner of something on the cockpit wall, but I forget where I saw this and also what it was. But yes, 'halfway' is 'normal' for me, there's no cockpit indicator as such.

This is one of the reasons I prefer to fly the Hurri, as it has an indicator - which is a bit strange because I'm a typical Spitfire nut.