I read this post about how to calculate the rate of climb
How does climb-rate vary with density/pressure altitude?
So in the image, all the forces are drawn. I am wondering, why the rate of climb does not depend on the lift force (or not directly (?) ).
So the forces acting in the vertical direction are: a small drag component, a big lift component, a weight component and a thrust component.
A steady climb would mean, that all forces are in balance - so no acceleration in any direction. But on the other hand in on post it is said "Calculate how much power is needed to overcome drag, and any excess can be used for climbing" - so when there is more force available in one direction - there should be an acceleration in this direction?
I am a bit confused ... is the rate of climb = velocity in the body fixed airframe (so where the airplane is flying to) ? Or is this the vertical velocity in z-direction?
Thank you for your support says Helmut