h a l f b a k e r yI think this would be a great thing to not do.
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Methinks the planes would be flung off radially rather than gracefully lifting off due to tangential velocity. Given that aeroplanes don't fly very well sideways, I'm thinking fishbone. |
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they wouldn't take off sideways ... they would "slide" sideways to the edge and then take off in the direction of the rotation. |
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I'm an inspiration!!! Yeah!!! |
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What I'm saying is that the centripetal force would overcome the tyres' grip on the tarmac, to say nothing of the passengers in the cabin, the drinks on the trolley etc. |
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would it, really? ... someone in the non stop subway idea said something about 0.45 Gs in that scenario... here I'm proposing a much larger rotating platform ... how large? I have no idea how to calculate that. But I'm guessing something in the order of 5-10km diameter. Ya I know: that's one huge turntable .. but we are on half bakery after all. |
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This is quarter-baked at Tegel Berlin. |
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Make the disc parabolic, and you don't have any worries about side loading. Of course, the apparent weight of the plane goes up, and so does the stall speed, requiring faster takeoff speed. |
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As a pilot, I just want to say that this is a horrible, horrible idea. However, it's so bad that it's like those dogs that are really ugly. They end up being vaguely appealing because of their very ugliness. |
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This idea is like that. It's so hopelessly imaginary and fictitious that I can't help but vote for it. |
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(As an aside, I've done a lot of circular takeoffs in floatplanes on small lakes, and there are few things as odd as feeling as though you are moving sideways in an airplane) |
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