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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 15:36:23 GMT 7
Have you guys and ladies ever heard of this ? I saw it for the first time today, it was an article on a BBC link that the blether posted.
Looks interesting -
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Post by rubl on Mar 17, 2017 17:35:01 GMT 7
In areas with constant wind direction a circular runway doesn't make much sense with current aeroplane design
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 18:29:32 GMT 7
Can't work with crosswinds can it?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 19:13:45 GMT 7
Crosswinds are a pilot's biggest concern when landing and taking off (remember the One-Two-Go crash on Phuket 10 years ago ?)
....................."Another aircraft landed immediately prior to flight 269 and experienced wind shear. That aircraft's captain contacted the tower and reported wind shear on final and cumulonimbus over the airport, a report audible to all incoming aircraft. Air Traffic Control requested flight 269 acknowledge the weather information provided and re-state intentions. Captain Arief acknowledged the transmission and stated his intention to land"..............................
I would have thought that with a circular airstrip they would be able to come in on a preferred angle, wind-direction wise. But then I have never flown anything bigger than a paper plane.
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Post by rubl on Mar 17, 2017 19:20:44 GMT 7
'Left', I said 'turn left!'.
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Post by me on Mar 17, 2017 20:12:02 GMT 7
In areas with constant wind direction a circular runway doesn't make much sense with current aeroplane design lots of this does not make sense... as I said....banking a turn in part of a runway so it lakes a L is possibly of benifit if there cannot be a longer runway because of site limitations but as different aircraft decelerate at different rates the degree of bank needed would be difficult to calculate.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 17, 2017 21:19:14 GMT 7
Could not be any scarier than taking off from Lukla in Nepal. They advise you to wear the brown jox when you land and take off from that strip.
The weather was not too bad when I was there but the following year a plane crashed on landing in heavy cloud/fog and all 16 passengers and 2 of the three crew were lost.
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Post by oldie on Mar 17, 2017 21:57:23 GMT 7
Makes perfect sense. I am sure the pilot of an Airbus A380 or 747 doesn't have enough on their plate landing on a straight runway. (insert sarcastic emoji)
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Post by rgs2001uk on Mar 17, 2017 22:12:26 GMT 7
Have you guys and ladies ever heard of this ? I saw it for the first time today, it was an article on a BBC link that the blether posted. Looks interesting - I guess the idiot that designed that has never heard of the theory of flight. How exactly do you land into the wind on a circular runway.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 18, 2017 6:51:41 GMT 7
^ They might take off in the tornado belt in the States.
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Post by rubl on Mar 30, 2017 22:31:25 GMT 7
Catching up on news and so I just discovered that the circular runway is the brainchild of Henk Hesselink, a Dutch scientist working with the Netherlands Aerospace Center. I think he should stick to windmills
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