Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013)

Re:Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013) by amelius on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:48PM (#35222179)

I don't think that's a fair way to describe the landing/takeoff distance. It would be more fair if they put two steep walls at the beginning and ending of the runway.

Although, for things like an aircraft carrier ship, the metric could be useful.

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Re:Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013) by mft_ on Sunday March 19, 2023 @02:54PM (#35222229)

How high would you make the arbitrary walls?

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Re:Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013) by amelius on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:03PM (#35222303)

So high that the pilot can prove that they did not use more distance for the landing/takeoff.

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Re:Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013) by mft_ on Sunday March 19, 2023 @03:27PM (#35222566)

So you're defining take-off and landing such that each must also include a period of flying?

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Re:Plane Lands/Takes Off in Only 20 Feet (2013) by xplanephil on Sunday March 19, 2023 @05:54PM (#35224082)

that's actually how take-off distance is defined regulatory. The take-off distance of a plane is over a 50ft obstacle (i.e. a line of trees at the end of the runway or similar).

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