The Spitfire's Fatal Flaw...

[MARU 5137]

Beatrice Schilling,  a female engineer  found a simple solution for the flaw.

I wasn't aware that the warbird of this calibre  had a flaw.. You learn something every day.

 

 

[Spitfire]

Remarkable lady, there was a recent run down of her career in the series "The Spitfire Factory".

 

Cheers

 

Dennis

[krow113]

Not a flaw in the Spit.

A specific flaw in the fuel intake system.

Despite that, the Merlin could be argued as one of the top factors in the winning of the war.

 

[HubertB]

Actually, the film that shows the Merlin being starved in negative G, then overflowed, is of a Hurricane, not Spitfire

Hubert

[GusMac]

Was also going to point that out Hubert as I think it reflects the topic of another recent thread!

Interesting video though.