Originally posted by Krusty
Guppy I believe it was in the original "I spoke to Pyro" thread. Near the beginning. I think Kev relayed that Pyro was concerned about the climb rate a spit16 with +25 would have, and then somebody posted a couple of links about spitfire data, including climb rates and such. It's in the first or second page of the 4-5 page thread.
Good grief. This is what we're arguing about and the numbers weren't even right?
Altitude feet. Rate of climb Ft/Min.
0 Feet 5740 FPM
5,000 Feet 5080 FPM
10,000 Feet 5080 FPM
15,000 Feet 4470 FPM
20,000 Feet 3720 FPM
25,000 Feet 2950 FPM
30,000 Feet 2200 FPM
Where'd 5700 FPM come from? That's a figure quoted for 0 feet. Note that climb rate continues to drop. At 15K there is no real difference between +25 and +18 and after 15K it doesn't change at all. The rate of climb continues to drop dramatically all the way up to 30K so its not like the +25 boost Spit was climbing 5700 feet per minute to 25K.
Much ado about nothing after all this.
If the issue is straight and level speeds then so be it, but climb rate is a non factor considering there is minimal difference in climb between the +18 boost Spit and +25 boost Spit. with the biggest difference being between 10 and 15K.
Dan/CorkyJr