Originally posted by Kurfürst
Unfortunately angie it never did, the improvement was marginal and the pilots were against it. How many clipped spits were around, not many, guess why. It didnt help much. I can send the docs over if u r interested.
Which pilots were against the clipped wing?
I know a bunch of Spit XII drivers that really liked it.
Never heard anyone complain about it. Performance difference in turning was marginal down low and the improved rate of roll was very welcome when dealing with the 190s.
The majority of Spit XVIs came off the production line with clipped wings btw and many Spit IXs also did so. Certainly many XIVs had clipped wings as well.
With the air war down lower, the clipped wing was a better trade off for performance over the full span wing.
Had the war stayed up high, that would not have been the case.
Dan/CorkyJr
