Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

IIRC, the Typhoon's issues did not stem from stability and control design but low velocity flutter in the tail.

Wrong, once again - the tests observe that the Typhoon had fore and aft instability (page 2 para 5), no mention of your "low velocity tail flutter" - as it was the Typhoon's operational history showed that it did make a good GA aircraft. The Tempest, which had no sign of "low velocity tail flutter" also exhibited the same characteristics, contradicting your statement:

Sir Sydney Camm may not have understood swept wing theoy during the war but he was a master of stability and control design. The Hurricane was a wonderful gun platform and had near perfect longitudinal stability. His other major designs, the Typhoon and Tempest also exhibited the same characteristics.