Author Topic: (Answered) Runway length  (Read 2466 times)

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(Answered) Runway length
« on: 02 November 2013, 00:03:48 »
Total Warfare PDF:
 Page 87, Landing: 
  Conventional Fighters (without VSTOL), aerodyne small craft, and aerodyne DropShips:  3x15 Hexes
  Conventional FIghters and Small Craft:  8 Hexes Long (5 with VSTOL) - Note that this contradicts the previous part of that paragraph.
Strategic Operations PDF:
 Page 223, Aerodyne Units:
  Aerodyne Dropships need 7 hexes for liftoff and 5 for landing (4 and 2 respectively for VTOL)
  All other units need 7 hexes for liftoff, but only 3 for landing.
 Page 392, Landing and Liftoff
  Landing strips are 10" wide by 40" long for dropships, 2" x 16" for conventional fighters/small craft, and 2"x10" for fighters with VSTOL.  I think these are supposed to be halved as each " is 15m.

So basically, the values contradict each other all over the place, any way I can get the actual lengths for liftoff and landing for:
Aerospace Fighter: 
Aerodyne Small Craft:
Aerodyne Dropship: 
Conventional Fighter:
Conventional Fighter with VSTOL:

Completely unrelated note on real world runway lengths:
F16 TO/L:  11/15 http://planes.findthebest.com/q/173/7735/How-long-of-a-runway-does-the-Lockheed-F-16-Fighting-Falcon-Jet-need-to-take-off
C5A TO/L:  87/37 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_C-5_Galaxy
C17 TO/L:  77/35 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III - I thought the C17 was known for its short runways!?!?!
F35 TO:  5 to 7 for STOVL variant http://www.aircraftcompare.com/helicopter-airplane/Lockheed-Martin-F35-Lightning-II/171
Perhaps the 15 (fighter) to 20 (dropship) is the best numbers, and a third or so for VSTOL.  It was quite interesting that the larger craft only needed half the runway to land at max weight, and they don't have bottom mounted thrusters!
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Re: (Research) Just how long is a runway?
« Reply #1 on: 31 December 2013, 01:37:40 »
Total Warfare PDF:
 Page 87, Landing: 
  Conventional Fighters (without VSTOL), aerodyne small craft, and aerodyne DropShips:  3x15 Hexes
  Conventional FIghters and Small Craft:  8 Hexes Long (5 with VSTOL) - Note that this contradicts the previous part of that paragraph.

It does not. It specifically identifies that 3x15 is needed for aerodyne DropShips, but that only 1x8 is needed for conventional fighters, and small craft, while fighters with VSTOL need 1x5.

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Strategic Operations PDF:
 Page 223, Aerodyne Units:

Note that BattleForce hexes are 90 meters, hence some small disparities.


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Page 392, Landing and Liftoff
  Landing strips are 10" wide by 40" long for dropships, 2" x 16" for conventional fighters/small craft, and 2"x10" for fighters with VSTOL.  I think these are supposed to be halved as each " is 15m.

Every inch is 15 meters, yes, so all those measurements exactly match TW except the DropShip requirement of 40, which should be 6x30 instead. But note that 40 inches would be needed to facilitate take-off.
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any way I can get the actual lengths for liftoff and landing for:

Aerospace Fighter:  150 meters
Aerodyne Small Craft: 240 meters
Aerodyne Dropship:  450 meters
Conventional Fighter: 240 meters
Conventional Fighter with VSTOL: 150 meters
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