DRONES MAYBE THE FOCUS OF INITIAL CIRCULAR RUNWAY TESTS
January 1st, 2018
THE CONCEPT of building circular runways with a slight camber to keep planes on the ground as they land and take-off, has received significant attention, but is the idea a practical solution to airport capacity problems? Practical tests on the idea are being discussed, with their use for drones rather than piloted planes maybe being the focus of initial assessments and prototypes.
The idea has been developed by a European collaborative research project called ‘The Endless Runway’. Its briefs argue that the runway can be used under any wind directions, ...
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