Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[robtek]

Originally Posted by ACE-OF-ACES

No.. are you?


Please re-read my post and note that I never said you did..

I simply noted how hypocritical some of the blue minded members in this forum can take one airplane trait, in this case the acc stall 'flick' and refer to it as a negative trait when talking about non-blue planes and refer to it as a positive when talking about blue planes..

That is to say I was not specifically talking to you, as much as I was talking about some of the the blue minded members of this forum.

In short, if the shoe fits, ware it, if not than don't.


Interesting..

So you agree that both the Spit and Fw190 had this trait..

And you also admitted how it can be a good trait when used to escape..

Yet in your previous post, when talking about the Spitfire you made no mention of the positive..

Only the negatives!

And it was not until I called you out on it that you agreed this trait can be a good thing.

Which speaks volumes about you IMHO..

For future reference

A more balanced approach, that mentions the pros and cons, would have brought a bit more credibility with it.

It is always boring when the old red vs blue flag is waved again.

You should remember that it is not about this trait that we are talking, but how to get there!

Willingly or inadvertently?

Of course it was done, as a last resort, even as flick maneuvres were explicitly forbidden in the pilots notes.

Also there are enough Spitfire fans which will point out every positive aspect possible.

Even in a very specific thread where by now at least 50% of the posts are slightly or completely off topic.

Even some of mine, sorry for that.