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Not true ... 59k ft /min is accurate
Ah - so we have a rocket ship then?
The P-42 especially equipped Su-27 variant its exceptional T/w ratio and larger sq-ft per weight wing took 55 seconds to hit 40k ft but here we have a “true” claim to fame for an aircraft with a lower T/w and wing area.

Addendum; even the F-15 has a max rate of climb at sea level of 50k/ft

Correction: Misinterpretation of rate of climb. General term is Max Rate of climb at sea level.

Most aircraft brochures (not fan made ones) will not list rate of climb simply because it is a subjective figure.
 
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The Starfighter F-104 which was literally a rocket did 50k ft/min

Nope - its record is 50kft in 2min.

There is a difference between rate of climb - and time to altitude

The rate of climb is at sea level - so when the F-104 takes off its capable of going at 50000ft a minute. But that is not what happens - as it climbs and the air loses density at altitude this rate drops significantly.
 
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Nope - its record is 50kft in 2min.

There is a difference between rate of climb - and time to altitude

The rate of climb is at sea level - so when the F-104 takes off its capable of going at 50000ft a minute. But that is not what happens - as it climbs and the air loses density at altitude this rate drops significantly.
Good point. I was def thinking rate of climb
 
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Nope - its record is 50kft in 2min.

There is a difference between rate of climb - and time to altitude

The rate of climb is at sea level - so when the F-104 takes off its capable of going at 50000ft a minute. But that is not what happens - as it climbs and the air loses density at altitude this rate drops significantly.

Good point. I was def thinking rate of climb
Umm.... the poster actually does say 59k ft /min is 'rate of climb'. Perhaps you guys thought it mistakenly said rate of climb instead of saying rate of climb. :partay:

So is it accurate, or not?
 
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Umm.... the poster actually does say 59k ft /min is 'rate of climb'. Perhaps you guys thought it mistakenly said rate of climb instead of saying rate of climb. :partay:

So is it accurate, or not?
Well, then it seems to represented correct and I am wrong in misinterpreting it(although still not sure of the 59k/minute) - It would then make sense because the F-16 is around the same - the block 10 could do 60k/ft a minute.

But it’s a figure that is kind of kept out of brochures because its simply too subjective.
Usually - it will be put “max rate of climb at sea level”

The Rafale claims 60k/ft a minute - but in their official site they or any major manufacturer wont list this
 
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Well, then it seems to represented correct and I am wrong in misinterpreting it(although still not sure of the 59k/minute) - It would then make sense because the F-16 is around the same - the block 10 could do 60k/ft a minute.

But it’s a figure that is kind of kept out of brochures because its simply too subjective.
Usually - it will be put “max rate of climb at sea level”

The Rafale claims 60k/ft a minute - but in their official site they or any major manufacturer wont list this
JF17 max climb rate per 2012 Yang Wei presentation comes out to be around 49k/min and may have improved over subsequent blocks.

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Ah - so we have a rocket ship then?
The P-42 especially equipped Su-27 variant its exceptional T/w ratio and larger sq-ft per weight wing took 55 seconds to hit 40k ft but here we have a “true” claim to fame for an aircraft with a lower T/w and wing area.

Addendum; even the F-15 has a max rate of climb at sea level of 50k/ft

Correction: Misinterpretation of rate of climb. General term is Max Rate of climb at sea level.

Most aircraft brochures (not fan made ones) will not list rate of climb simply because it is a subjective figure.
did u ever try to convert 59Kft/ min to m/s? try it and then apple to apple comparison. you will get a clearer picture
 
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did u ever try to convert 59Kft/ min to m/s? try it and then apple to apple comparison. you will get a clearer picture
For what reason? All other comparisons will still up in the same way.
59Kft/min is your max seal level climb rate - IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL GET TO 59000ft/17983m/19666yds/11.17miles/89.39 furlongs IN A MINUTE
 
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For what reason? All other comparisons will still up in the same way.
59Kft/min is your max seal level climb rate - IT DOES NOT MEAN YOU WILL GET TO 59000ft/17983m/19666yds/11.17miles/89.39 furlongs IN A MINUTE

With or without reciting the Divinely Blessed Battle Chant of the Fighter Pilot? Many of the exact figures of jets currently in service remain classified, and routine scrambles are intentionally toned down to mislead estimates of true wartime performance.
 
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