Stability and Control characteristics of the Early Mark Spitfires

[NZtyphoon]

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Pilot opinion was a factor of secondary importance. He was a monkey in the cockpit that operated the measuring equipment and flew the specific profiles.

Contrast this with Crumpp's own posting on what was required by his "monkey(s)"...



Which is also a good description of the test pilot responsible for developing the Spitfire.

Alex Henshaw, chief test pilot at the Castle Bromwich factory, wrote, “Jeffrey’s greatest gift to those technicians with whom he worked was his concise analysis of technical problems and his ability to articulate them in a language they clearly understood. Last but not least was the complete integrity of his test reports.”

Originally Posted by Crumpp

Fly the airplane trimmed for slow flight, let go of the stick, fire the guns, and note the behavior.

I have played the game and note the behaviors as I play. Just because I don't spend my time making excel spreadsheets does not mean the points are invalid.

Yep, let go of the stick and fire those guns just like real pilots!

[IvanK]

In the end it comes down to the last sentence as underlined here, Mr Mel Gough NACA :


Report of joint Fighter Conference NAS Patuxent River, MD 16-23 Oct 1944.


And the end user of the Spitfire the combat fighter pilot was very happy !

[CaptainDoggles]

Originally Posted by IvanK

In the end it comes down to the last sentence as underlined here, Mr Mel Gough NACA :

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And the end user of the Spitfire the combat fighter pilot was very happy !

Nobody's saying the pilots weren't happy. Why is this relevant?

[Glider]

Originally Posted by CaptainDoggles

Nobody's saying the pilots weren't happy. Why is this relevant?

Because it shows how important the test pilots views are