until you post something exact, theres no apellata!
anyway a light jug can climb. just saying.
Exactly.
D40 even outclimbs a P-51 in areas:

He's probably hauling back on the stick right after takeoff with bombs and/or rockets under the wings and full fuel and complaining that it can't climb.
Oh, and even the lackluster D-25 climbs as well as the P-51:

And let's not even get into the P-47N (light) and M!

P.S. those are in-game stats. That's what we have right now 4prop.