Spitfire: The Plane That Saved The World
As this topic is on my mind, I just googled why it wasn’t used by the Navy. Seems the test pilot Lt Robert Elder felt it was not suitable for a variety of reasons and visibility was not one of them. I got bum information from the MC at the AirShow. Main reasons were:
- Stall speed margin was extremely low, too low for safety :::As Serge mentions above ::::
- Rudder control at low speed and high angles of attack was inadequate
- Landing attitude had to be very carefully controlled to avoid airframe damage
- Go-arounds required slow throttle advancement. The extreme power of the Packard/Merlin engine meant that a high-power fast throttle advancement could put the aircraft into a roll or snap-roll. At low speeds this would prove a fatal mistake.
Only 25 launches/recoveries were made in the suitability trials and Lt. Elder did not believe that the Mustang had a place in carrier operations.
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