Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

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Originally Posted by Crumpp

Great!!

There were several British pioneers of stability and control. In fact, Gates is the one who came up with Aerodynamic Center and Stability Margin.

It made Center of Pressure theory obsolete and was integral part of Gilruths work. Like I said earlier, Gilruth and Gates were good friends.

That does nothing to change the fact the Air Ministry had no measurable standard in place until after the war.

Your link is a meaningless and has no bearing on stability and control standards.

The only part you are right about is that there were several British pioneers of stability and control - the National Physical Laboratory had

made major contributions to advances in theoretical and practical aspects of the stability of aeroplanes, airships, kite balloons and parachutes.

long before NACA, - to claim that the "Air Ministry had no measurable standard in place" until after WW2 shows an abysmal ignorance of the history of aeronautical science in Britain - something which a supposed graduate in aeronautical engineering should know and understand.

Do some basic research Crumpp, before making claims you cannot substantiate.