MiloMorai

Had a conversation with my late uncle many years ago. Advanced flight training was done in the Harvard and then was sent to learn to fly Seafires. He said Seafires were a dream to fly compared to the Harvard.

RCAF Station Centralia would be be a better choice.:)

The 2cd speed also disengages at a lower altitude when coming down than when engaged going up.

Extended wingtips Pointed, triangular wing tips were designed especially for high-altitude versions of the Spitfire, starting with the Mk. VI. The enlarged wing area they provided resulted in better climb rate and slightly improved ceiling at the expense of manoeuvrability in combat on “normal” altitudes. The idea with both clipped and extended wing tips was taken further in Mk. VIII production, when the tips became easily interchangeable and theoretically could be swapped to suit the preferences of an individual pilot or tactical requirement. from the link Early models featured an extended wing of 40’2". Later models had the standard span of 36'10" or were clipped to 32'2".

Must have been a real female dog for the squadron engineering people when changing the wing tips on the Spitfire. The whole squadron would be non operational while the W&B of 20 plus a/c were calculated and the maintenance people made the adjustments required to the a/c.

The Pilot Notes says the stability about all axis is satisfactory and the a/c is easy and pleasant to fly. The P-51 was not easy to fly with a full rear fuselage tank and had flight restrictions similar to the Spitfire. An Olympus Mons is being made out of a mole hill.

These post war mods would be ...................

As there are those that like to compare early Spitfires to late Spitfires, I submit this testing of an early Bf109. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/62278321/R%26M2361-me109%20handling%20test.pdf

FIGURE 4.5. Supermarine Spitfire airplane. A high-performance fighter noted for its role in the Battle of Britain and throughout WW II, the Spitfire had desirably light elevator control forces in maneuvers and near neutral longitudinal stability. Its greatest deficiency from the combat standpoint was heavy aileron forces and sluggish roll response at high speeds. http://history.nasa.gov/monograph12/ch4.htm

And the likelihood of a sim pilot having any fuel at all in the rear tank is ridiculous as one reads for other DCS a/c that not even a full load is carried.:music_whistling:

Is the spitfire to have a rear fuselage fuel tank? If not, then there has been a lot of noise about nothing.

How many Spitfire IX/XVI actually flew combat missions with the rear fuselage tank full of fuel?

That is for a G-2. You have one for the K-4?

You can backup that with official Mtt documentation Kurfurst?

Who is this Spitfire fan guy? You can link to these cooling trials?

Why all this yapping about the rear fuselage fuel tank in the Spitfire? How many gamers, err simmers, are going to fly with a maximum fuel load?

over 200gal or a 170gal instead of the 50gal would be over 300gal.

Came across this in a post in a thread on another board, RAF Merlin 66 Spitfire cooling tests showed that it would take approx. 46 minutes at +25 lbs boost for the the Merlin 66's coolant temperature to rise from the 89 deg. C cruise temperature, to the 135 deg C maximum. Would be interesting to see this report.

A late model Panzer IV or a Sherman or a Cromwell would more appropriate.

Please notice the location of the fuel tank is right above the wing in a location that would not require much trim change as fuel is burned off unlike your Bf109 with the fuel tank well behind the CoG.

Not a full scale Spitfire tho.

By mid 1843 most B-17s had been withdrawn from the Pacific. They were needed as replacements in Europe. A/C on hand vs Germany Table 88 The highest number, 1st Line, March 1945, 2891 B-17s, 2181 B-24s In April 1945, there was 2355 P-47s, 2455 P-51s. A/C on hand, ETO Table 89 A/C on hand, MTO Table 90 http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a542518.pdf

The Spitfire IX/XVI was nose heavy so 20.5 lb of ballast and mount for the ballast had to be added in the rear fuselage (Mom Arm 175").

The 8th AF consisted of 3 Divisions. The 1st Division had 12 B-17 Groups. The 2cd Division had 15 Groups of B-24s. The 3rd Division had 14 groups of B-17s. So 26 BGs of B-17s and 15 BGs of B-24s. The medium bombers all started out as part of the 8th Bomber Command, then after reorganization in September/October 1943 all the mediums were transferred into the 9th. The 15th AF consisted of 5 Bomb Wings with 6 BG of B-17s and 15 BGs of B-24s.

Definitely the Spitfires were hard to fly in formation, even taking off in formation. Spitfires of many MKs.