F-22 Raptor Does Insane Vertical Climb

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    Thrust to weight ratio of an F-22 is approx 1/.72, that's 1lb of thrust for every .72lbs of vehicle weight. So theoretically, the F-22 can climb vertically forever, or at least until it runs out of oxygen to burn fuel.

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