In the recent edition of AeroKurier, there is an article describing the increasing flight path length associated with a stronger variation of the speed in an ASW-27.

From memory, in the example they gave, increasing the speed from 160KM/h to 180KM/H just through the modeled sink area, increases the flight path by up to 4%. But it is still faster over the horizontal distance, as 180 is the optimal speed for that example.

I assume the same is true in lift (increased flight path due to pull up).

This gets me thinking that in order to vary the speed of a heavier ship, which zooms up 300feet on pull up, that this increases the total flight path over that of a lighter ship which zooms up less and slows down faster.

I have a hunch the higher profile drag requires a stronger push over, over that of a shorter spanned plane, increasing the flight path due to this or causing a slower speed gain.

It would be interesting to compare the effects of 1) longer flight paths,or 2) less speed changes, or 3) slower speed changes - of heavy, long winged ships to a baseline ASW-27.