deicer Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Good idea, or folly? http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-39284294 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 The only time you would have a headwind, (good), would be on touchdown from then on you have a crosswind plus trying to control an aircraft on a banked runway with a crosswind !!!! Think it is hard to do a CAT 2 or CAT3 approach now/....try it on this goofballs runway ... Sure would be fun when it rains or snows . This idea is not new, it was put forth many years ago and shot down then, as well ..... Yes..."folly" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Love the Dutch people and their country. The way they recover land from the sea, use of space, organized, Heineken, etc. But this is the dumbest idea. US airports would have to be counterclockwise (NASCAR, left turns) and European would be both clockwise and counter clockwise following F1. Daytona International Speedway. 33 degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say Again, Over! Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Although it's the length of three (or four) regular runways, the "runways" would all overlap as the threshold for each might be different depending on the wind or desired take-off or landing point. Also, the bank angle being a function of speed, different "centerlines" with varying bank angles would need to be used further confusing the operation. To me, it's impractical to the point of being just silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaydee Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Just imagine a rejected T/O scenario at heavy weight. A disaster waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acsidestick Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I've been around the track at Loews motor speedway (Talladaga Nights)(24 degrees of bank) at 110MPH. You get compressed into the seat at 1.3-1.4Gs, meaning a plane doing 220MPH may be pulling close to two, similar to NASCAR. This would double the takeoff weight of the airplane and exceed most limits the book has. What an entirely stupid idea. I hope this dreamer did this Thinktank quality garbage on his own dime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zan Vetter Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 A hexagon or octagon might work, a circle not so much. A banked runway! Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Zan Vetter said: How do you light the approaches? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckl Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 Sounds like an early April Fools. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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