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Ugghhhh... still with those American radio voices.....I am waiting for the normandy map/ DCS 2.0

The flight tests carried out in the DCS World have shown that the Spitfire LF Mk.IX is a very easy and predictable aircraft to fly. An accurately implemented pneumatic system of the aircraft used for the brake and flap systems is particularly interesting. Earlier DCS World War II aircraft have not used such a system. Pilots of the DCS: Spitfire LF Mk.IX will be able to feel all the peculiarities of the pneumatics while taxiing and landing the aircraft

You think that Mk IX will make you an absolute winner?
I have bad news for those who consider P-51 too stick sensitive and thus prone to stall...
As Spitfire has neutral stability there is only 3/4" of stick travel to stall as it was reported by NACA. Really silk hands or full scale joystick required...
It will be no mercy, hardcore only - all will be as Mitchell designed.

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I am a real world aerobatic pilot generally flying a Pitts special, and have flown many aerobatic types. The elevator on these aircraft IS sensitive, much much more so than the Spit. The Spitfire that went into service was and always has, been described as having well balanced controls (a twitch elevator would not accord this distinction!).

I would have respectfully disagree with you assessment, particularly about control harmony. It was a weak part of Spitfire control, as the elevator indeed touchy, while. One Spitfire pilot described the phenomenon as 'touching the elevator with a light fingertip, while arm-wrestling the ailerons'. I would suggest you to study the Spitfire II pilot notes on control aspects, basically they all about instability in pitch and poor control harmony, here: http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showpost.p ... ostcount=4

It particularly challenging thing to do when flying near the stall, NACA for example found that the stall boundary on the controls was very small, just 3/4 inch of stick movement having been found between the first sign of stall and actual stall. This was offset party of course by ample stall warnings and otherwise good stall characteristics, but it took an experienced pilot to fly the aircraft to its limits.

It is a well known fact that the British aircraft types were much more forgiving than the German equivalents, a factor in itself in the supremacy of the Spitfire over the ME109 during the Battle of Britain. You had 'green' pilots on both sides, but the Spitfire was markedly easier to fly for those pilots allowing inexperienced pilots to get more out of the machine than was typical of the Germans.

"visual de Oleg"