Hi C_Star,
Any idea how that could affect the height gained?
My calculation was for 100% efficient energy swap, which is reasonably close to what an aircraft could do on the front side of the drag curve when thrust> drag with a speed reduction.
However this flight was well below min drag speed on the curve, so any speed reduction results in more drag - hence less time to impact.
The flight was doomed when they attempted Alpha Max with idle power without having either an infinitely long runway ahead of them, or sufficient height to allow for 6 seconds of engine spool up time.
Pretty basic stuff really.