Climb & Descent Performance
Estimate steady climb rate, ideal still-air glide reach, and constant-rate time to climb from transparent excess-power and glide-ratio relationships.
Climb Segment
Glide Segment
Time To Climb
Rate of Climb
9.33 m/s
1837 ft/min · 7.66 deg
Climb Angle
7.66 deg
Excess thrust 4000 N
Glide Distance
10.00 km
10000 m · 5.71 deg
Sink Rate
3.98 m/s
783 ft/min · 5.71 deg
Constant-Rate Time To Climb
10.00 min
600 seconds
Flight-path geometry
Climb and glide use different reference distances, so each path is shown on its own axis.
Climb path
endpoint 41.62 km, 3000 m
Glide path
touchdown 10.00 km from start
Rate of climb sensitivity
Current speed 70.0 m/s
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