Controls modeling in the A2A Spitfires...

[jcomm]

Guys,

I am seriously considering the Spit to be my next investment for FSX:SE. I already own the P51d Civil, and I really like the modeling details, but my hiatus into combat flightsims land showed me lot's of documentation regarding this great ww2 fighters, and I remember that the many flight test reports of th eSpit mention:

1) Very soft / sensible in pitch

2) Heavy, becoming very heavy at higher speeds in roll

3) Like 2 for yaw

So, pilot's adapting to the Sptifires had to gain experience ( hands-on ) with these characteristics. It was very easy to stall / accelerated stall the aircraft, and maneuvering at higher speeds with this "asymmetry" regarding control stiffness was also tricky.

What I wonder is if this characteristics were somehow reproduced in the A2A models ?

[Molly - A2A]

This is straight from the Spitfire's Accu-sim manual:

If the aeroplane is trimmed as stated above, no difficulty should be experienced when pulling out
of the dive as the elevator is light, sensitive and effective at all airspeeds.

Other than that I haven't seen mention of heavy roll or yaw in the manual, and from Youtube vids I have watched it doesn't seem that way.

[Lewis - A2A]

Its worth noting that the Spitfires modeled are the early MkI-II. I would be careful with wide statements like the spitfire did this and that, because the aircraft from 1939-1950's are very very different and fly totally different, with various sizes and shapes and powerplants.

thanks,
Lewis

[jcomm]

Lewis,

just installed and made my first vlights...

A TRUE DELIGHT! And YES the asymmetric stiffness of the controls is very plausibly modeled too - at higher speeds, you still have "lighter" elevator, but your roll and yaw axis begin to feel really heavy, or at least as far as it is possible to reproduce in the absence of proper force feedback hardware!

Another great aircraft just joined my A2A Hangar