Originally posted by WestPoint23
It wouldn't be too hard for the Black Bird to do that its engines are so powerful it might feel like a rocket to the pilot but wouldn't there be some heavy G's involved with taking off like that?
Having done alot of reading on the Oxcart program, the planes were extreemly fast, but did not have the structure to pull really high G-loads thats why the plane took up alot of space to turn. It did go up pretty fast on take off though. The plane that you guys may be thinking about shooting straight up after takeoff is the U-2. It just shot up at an incredible angle right after rotation.


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as it is all about the aircrafts thrust versus its weight and drag so something with a big afterburning engine (like say the F-15 which was the first
fighter to climb to 50,000 ft quicker than a Lightning) can do it while an efficient flyer like the U-2 cannot.
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