I saw 4 mossies below me (was at 20K in a B25) about 5K or so.
Err that was me in the lead mossie.
We were stoked that we were able to pull the manouvre you describe so well. After that encounter, we continued north and met with a spit who fought well, but was dispatched by numbers and firepower. An F4U helping him dived on me moments after I shot the spit. He was 400 and shooting when I pulled the snap.
The spin developed almost instantly and down I went. Nothing and I mean nothing worked. I do know how to pull out of a spin. I have done it here and in real life. I started this thread about 45 seconds later.
I have been able to recreate the spin offline. If others can't, well good on them. I have also found that when the spin is incipient, an immediate closure of the throttle will prevent it and the plane will mush. As such it
isn't the horrid always fatal nonsense of the past. The way the mossie now handles the stall under 99% of conditions is brilliant. In fact it has now morphed into a stall fighter. I would suggest that a P38 pilot would love it.
Unless something else emerges unforeseen, then I would further suggest that the "fix" is good and doesn't need more tweaking. My first flight of the "new" Mosquito ended with an all too familiar outcome. Because I half expected it, I made the mistake of assuming that it would still be the rule rather than the exception. I apologise for allowing my dissapointment cloud my judgement. The aft c of g problem will seemingly only occur under particular load out conditions and then only with rough handling. If you find yourself doing this, then like I did, you probably deserve to start again from the tower.
Is there a chance that the Spit 9 and 110 might be dealt with similarly?
