bushlurker 45 Posted June 3, 2010 Hi guys! Just thought I'd ask a quick question for a change... Thanks to Homers most recent beta and actually focussing on the task a bit (for a change) I'm almost at the All Major Roads Down At Last stage on my project... (cue hurrah's and general flag-waving) :D Before I unleash Shezans Mighty Tool on my unsuspecting landscape I figured it might be a good idea to get at least the runways of my airport(s) positioned... Theres not an awful lot of room to spare at the locations, so before I start ravaging the surrounding hills with L3DT I figured it might be a good idea to actually know what sort of sized area I need... At least one of my airports (RAF Lossiemouth) should really be made big enough to accomodate the full range of Arma 2 aircraft and since the C130 seems to be the most demanding I was wondering if anybody had an idea of the minimum runway length I can get away with for a "standard" airport??? I could trial 'n error it I guess, but if someones been there-done that and knows an appropriate length offhand it'd save a lot of messing about..... Cheers in advance..... B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadMardigan409 10 Posted June 4, 2010 (edited) Congrats on the milestone bush! I've tested my everon distance and it seems to work well. I don't have any exact figures for you but I'll put a waypoint at the end and report a distance for you. I take off in a cargo plane quite regularly in that airport. FYI, I also hear the SU is a difficult one to take off with as well. I'm not 100% on it but I think it requires the same as the cargo plane. EDIT: Ok so it seems I can get lift from 1247 meters of runway but to take into account the open field for clearance you might need 1400-1500 meters. I used a shift+right mouse button on the map to get a waypoint for distance. I don't know how accurate that is or if it's any help for you. Good luck broski! Edited June 4, 2010 by MadMardigan409 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Darkhorse 1-6 16 Posted June 4, 2010 Is that particular base B-52 (Or other long range bombers) capable? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bushlurker 45 Posted June 4, 2010 Hi Darkhorse! Yeah, I guess so... the main runway is 9019 feet! (2.74km)!, and they have a shorter one for the Tornados... Its the biggest RAF fast jet base in the UK, tho they have C130s a lot as well, and of course the trusty yellow SeaKing RAF Rescue guys - the surrounding area is approved for low flying training at 150 feet minimum alt for Hercs, and a mere 100 feet for the crazy Tornado guys... I'm not building anything that big!... My terrain is scaled quite a lot, so everything is being scaled accordingly... as long as the average player can heave a Herc into the air before running out of tarmac I'll be happy... I'll "suggest" the rest of the base without getting too worried about accuracy... I'll see if I get any other suggestions, but I'm beginning to think my original idea of 1200m main with a 900m transverse might be sufficient - its not far off MadMardigans figure too, which is reassuring :)... B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
csj 0 Posted June 4, 2010 For a Bis Herc, 900 m of tarmac would do. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bushlurker 45 Posted June 4, 2010 Hey thanks CSJ!... that sounds even better... I'd like to keep things fairly small - in keeping with the scale of the landscape as much as possible... I'll see how 900m looks on the ground... B Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kinno 10 Posted June 4, 2010 Hello Bushlurker The island is well off the AI utes at 700 meters, Greetings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
