There are many, many first hand accounts from WW1 pilots about the Camels flying characteristics & all say it would tend to dive in a right hand turn & climb in a left hand turn & due to the weight forward (Guns, engine & pilot plus engine torque) it tended to enter a RH spin quickly which experienced pilots used to advantage. The Camel test pilot Harry Hawker remarked on "the sensitivity of the controls which required a judicious hand especially on take off".
Also noted in the Osprey Duel series "Camel Vs Fok Dr.I" it is noted. "Naval 4 was reminded of the new Aeroplanes unforgiving nature when Canadian Flt Sub Ltn E. Ellis fatally spun into the ground.
This seems at odds with the article which claims the Camels centre of Gravity was far aft(?)
Definitely something amiss here.
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