Best Climb speed speed spreadsheets?

[[=PzG=]-Southernbear]

So I don't even know if its actually possible with WW1 aircraft given how quickly a given speed could change in just, say, 3000m. I was originally going to ask this specifically for the D.Va Albatros but I suppose I could extended it to all FC aircraft, fighters at the very least. 

 

On that note about the Dva, I've heard people use the tail heaviness to climb for them but I'm not sure if you simply, let it stabilise generally around 120kph at max angle or if people tend to give its more back pressure to ensure a higher speed. As a WW2 pilot mostly this is very uncomfortable to do in the first place since those birds tend to stall out of the sky if you let them do the kind of thing the Albatros can do. Not to mention my scale of speed is completely desensitized so the "feel" between say, 120kph or 170kph....is pretty poor....I just don't *feel* like I'm climbing this plane correctly but it could just be my WW2 experience talking.

[=IRFC=kotori87]

I fly with a force feedback joystick, so I don't know how well this will translate for folks with spring-centered joysticks. For Central planes, I get the best steady-state climb with my hands off the stick, and only a little rudder to keep the plane straight and level. Different planes reach different speeds, most between 100 to 120 kph. IIRC the Albatros is among the slowest, both in climb speed and climb rate. For Entente planes, they pretty much all climb best between 75mph and 80mph. Some of them have adjustable stabilizers, so I can set the stabilizer and then go hands-off, while others require constant attention to maintain correct airspeed. Two-seaters for both nations are about the same, but the Handley-Page climbs best around 60ish mph. The Gotha might climb better at lower airspeeds, but it stalls and spins too easily at low speed for me to risk it.

Edited August 6, 2023 by =IRFC=kotori87