F-35 unrestricted climb

[CriticalThought]

Naive !

Lift is a function of wing area.
The Larger the wing the more the thrust; and also larger the drag.
Thus Engine thrust becomes a part of the equation;
However looking at the angle of climb,
only a component of thrust contributes to vertical climb.

In your calculations the aircraft is behaving like a rocket doing a vertical climb.

Which is the point because that is what's shown in the video - a vertical climb. If you follow all the posts, you will find I have already commented that this is not the max climb rate, it is the max vertical climb rate.

 

[usman012]

Lol ! It barely climbed to 5000 feet and changed the direction entering the cloud layers .The thrust to weight ratio of F-35 is not good .F-16 and F-18 climb much faster than this heavy jet.

 

[Oublious]

Lol ! It barely climbed to 5000 feet and changed the direction entering the cloud layers .The thrust to weight ratio of F-35 is not good .F-16 and F-18 climb much faster than this heavy jet.

does it matter?