As described to me
The Starfighter was best described as being mostly in ballistic, rather than aeronautic flight at any given time. That explains its reluctance to drop its nose at departure (from flight). Why should it? There's nothing holding the tail up, it's dropping faster than the nose, the cg is aft, very aft, when the stubby wings pay off. The dinky H/S isn't any help, and the Rudder is also "useless". At that point the pilot's prayer was, "please, please Spin". If you could spin it, you had a chance at recovery, though slim. The best plan was to exit through the floor of the cockpit. The Pilot ejected Downward in the F-104. A Backward inverted spin is better than Tumbling? I'll just punch out, thank you.