posted 02-02- 10:19 AM               

Essentially for the plane to climb it needs to have some level of positive AoA. This might be small depending on the chord line, but it's usually positive in the 5 to 10 range. For a fighter with high performance cruise, it's likely even higher, and we see planes with climbout angles in the 30's, which is likely an AoA of 10 or so.

Now essentially the problem with the 162 is that the controls can't lift the wheel off the runway due to the downforce of the engine. BUT, if the plane can't get the nose up at 150mph, it shouldn't be able to climb at 150mph at 100% throttle either - the problem is identical. However the plane does indeed climb at 150mph, even if you start nose down like it does on the runway.

So does that make any sense? if the elevator can lift the nose as 150mph (which it does with wild adbandon in the air), it should be able to do it just as well on the ground at the same speed. There's the possibility of surface blanking, but does the game even "do" that?