Author Topic: Super Spit strikes again! (Read 3262 times)

Hamish · « **Reply #45 on:** August 22, 2000, 04:18:00 PM »

One side note to this i don't think anyone thought about, the spit airspeed indicator doesn't even reach 500 knots. So, if the Spit pilot mentioned in the original post saw 440-480, well that's where his needle "pegs" so couldn't he have been going faster?

my $.02

Hamish!

RAM · « **Reply #46 on:** August 22, 2000, 04:38:00 PM »

Hamish the spit and tiffie speed indicators are in knots <G>

funked · « **Reply #47 on:** August 22, 2000, 04:41:00 PM »

THERE ARE NO KNOTS IN AH.

GRRR!

All AH speed indicators are in mph.

The only people that used knots in WW2 were the US Navy. All other aircraft were mph or km/h.

RAM · « **Reply #48 on:** August 22, 2000, 04:44:00 PM »

Allways thought spitfire Speed indicator was in knots...

If not, then I've done incredible things at only 100mph!!!!

jmccaul · « **Reply #49 on:** August 22, 2000, 05:19:00 PM »

47 compresses at mach 0.7 - 0.8

Spit compresses at mac 0.9 +

milnko · « **Reply #50 on:** August 22, 2000, 07:22:00 PM »

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Originally posted by mx22:
I suggest you go and spend more time in TA. From your posts it sounds like you need it, as they contain nothing but a whine "why I died"
Spit can't roll at speeds of around 500. Point. I used to fly it a lot to know that anyone in good rolling plane will have no problem escaping me. That leaves me think you didnt roll enough and didnt pull out of his plane of manuever fast enough. Ask any Spit pilot and he tells you the same. So stop blaming the plane and, as I mentioned above, go get some training.

OH MY All I got to say to that is: Rodeo!!!!

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juzz · « **Reply #51 on:** August 22, 2000, 09:43:00 PM »

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Originally posted by hitech:
Just ran a test on the spit and 47. Both speed gauges are correct.

HiTech

Is that just the white needle, or the red TAS marker as well?

mx22 · « **Reply #52 on:** August 23, 2000, 08:04:00 AM »

milnko,

Comments are always welcome

Btw, that wav won't open online for me for some reason. Had to download it...

mx22

Tailslide · « **Reply #53 on:** August 23, 2000, 01:52:00 PM »

From my readings the spit had a very high top speed in a dive compared to most planes, excluding the mk1 which became hard to control due to fabric on the control surfaces billowing at high speeds.

From Eric Brown, _Wings of the Luftwaffe_, and various NACA reports:

Spitfire: "maximum safe" .83, terminal velocity dive ~ .86 [M=.92 in an uncontrolled dive] Me 262: "tactical" .82, "maximum safe" .83-.84 Ar 234: "tactical" .75
Meteor I: pitchup above M = .80
P-51B: drag divergence M = .67
Vampire: .74
P-47: .69
F2FA-2: .66
P-39: .675

TS

Author Topic: Super Spit strikes again! (Read 3262 times)

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