On Monday, 8 February 2021 at 00:16:06 UTC, Kenn Sebesta wrote:
Climb power: Climb power is NOT level flight plus climb rate. This is because an inclined plane requires less lift (imagine an aerobatic plane doing a prop hang. The wings are producing 0 lift in this case).
Of course. But the difference in the case which the OP was asking about is about 1.25% of the drag. And I did mention "reasonable accuracy". ;^o)
J.