Originally Posted by
tdracer
That's the one where the pilot in command swears they never exceeded 45 degrees from the horizontal. The 'vertical' effect is all camera angle and perspective.
Given that even a very light 787 has a thrust to weight ratio around ~.5, it would be hard to stay near vertical for any length of time.
Quite so.
The 787-9 display at Farnborough in 2014 was equally impressive, with the "near-vertical" takeoff involving a pitch-up to almost 30°
