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Old 10th May 2020, 08:03
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djpil
 
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Originally Posted by megan
Yet the gossip by supposedly knowledgeable folk say the handling is similar. Only ever flown the Chippy, delightful as you say, have read elsewhere the Spitfire is heavy on the ailerons, will take your experience on board whenever I next hear the conversation saying the two handle the same.
Consistent with this article https://www.pilotweb.aero/features/f...munk-1-4669362 I tried to find a more quantitative comparison but failed.
I was aware of this roll rate and aileron stick force data for the Spitfire.
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