Circular Runways [video]
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Circular Runways [video]
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Re: Circular Runways [video]
#2Appears to be an idea that's been around before [1] - might be interesting to build a smaller scale one that's explicitly for drone swarms.
[1] http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/these-circular-runways-were-d...
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#3The projects site: http://www.endlessrunway-project.eu/
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#4Yeah. Not so much.
http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357935#p1941...
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#5Non-pilot aviation fanatic here. It seems like adding a bank angle to final approach would increase the risk of stall-spin accidents on landing.
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#6Yeah. Not so much. http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357935#p1941...
I'm having trouble recreating the poster's numbers. I'm sure it's my own ignorance, so I'd appreciate some correction.
radius is 3500m velocity is 82m/s
82^2/3500 ~ 1.92
atan(1.92/9.81) ~ 0.19 or 10 degrees of bank.
Where have I gone wrong?
Re: Circular Runways [video]
#7Appears to be an idea that's been around before [1] - might be interesting to build a smaller scale one that's explicitly for drone swarms. [1] http://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/these-circular-runways-were-d...
For fixed-wing drone airports, I feel like you'd have better luck making an inclined runway for landings, and a railgun-assisted runway for takeoff. Given that the biggest challenge is finding clearance at both ends of the run way, it would be nice not to have to find 360° clearance for both takeoff and landing.
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#8Okay only slightly related, I had an idea a long while ago for putting satellites into orbit where you just fling them? I didn't think it good for humans because of the G but for stuff. The win being that the power required is all on earth and you don't have to carry fuel with the payload. You could spin them up on a centrifuge and then let go at just the right time (and angle). I was going to mention it to Elon one day...
Re: Circular Runways [video]
#9Okay only slightly related, I had an idea a long while ago for putting satellites into orbit where you just fling them? I didn't think it good for humans because of the G but for stuff. The win being that the power required is all on earth and you don't have to carry fuel with the payload. You could spin them up on a centrifuge and then let go at just the right time (and angle). I was going to mention it to Elon one…
Wouldn't the force required push the satellite so far towards the edge that it would get crushed?
Re: Circular Runways [video]
#10Yeah. Not so much. http://www.airliners.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1357935#p1941...
I'm having trouble recreating the poster's numbers. I'm sure it's my own ignorance, so I'd appreciate some correction. radius is 3500m velocity is 82m/s 82^2/3500 ~ 1.92 atan(1.92/9.81) ~ 0.19 or 10 degrees of bank. Where have I gone wrong?
It looks like you used 3500m as the radius when 3500m is the diameter.