Hello
I have done some work using the manuals of the aircraft. I calculated all the minimum length of the runway, according to engine power and weight of aircraft that are included in pak128brit.
I used as reference features "ISA" (sea level, 0 degrees Celsius, dry track). This will get the lengths the lowest anywhere. The values can be recalculated on an average temperature of 10 degrees centigrade (which is the average temperature of Heatrow) amplifying of 10%.
Looking at the data can be seen, however, that the 747 version 100 and 200 have a length of the track particlarmente high. The problem is that with more than 400 passengers the plane was overloaded (can not fly), I thought (if you agree) to use a more powerful variant of the two planes that should provide better performance.
Ford trimotor 1600m PAX/MAIL
A318-112 1800m British
A319-131/132 1650m British
A319-111 1900m Easy Jet
A320-214 1900m Thomson
A320-214 2000m AerLingus
A321-231 2050m Monarch
ATR_42_320 1000m BlueIsland
ATR_42_300 1100m FedEx Post/Cargo
ATR_72_200 1400m British
ATR_72_200 1400m FedEx Post/Cargo
BAE_146_100 1000m DanAir
BAE_146_300 1100m Jersey
BAE_146_300 1100m TNT
BAC_111_200 1850m BUA
BAC_111_500 2000m Caledonian
B727_100 2300m DanAir
B727_100C 2650m DHL/UPS
B727_200 2950m British
B727_200Adv 3500m DHL/TNT
B747_100 3800m BOAC
B747_200 3800m BritishCaledonian
B747_200F 3250m SeaBoardWorld
B747_400 3200m British
B747_400F 3200m CargoLux
I will fix versions in github, after understanding (according to you) how to act towards the 747 and 10% increase.
Giuseppe
Giuseppe,
thank you very much for this - it is much appreciated. Your work on the aviation side of things over the years has been very helpful indeed!
I think that a 10C based length would probably be more realistic for British conditions than 0C. As for the 747s - it is probably reasonable to expect such enormous aircraft to have a very long runway length requirement, so there is no need to change this, I think.
Thank you for your work!
The pilots will normally reduce fuel on board, if the airplane is too heavy for shorter runways. Sometimes, they may also unload luggage to lighten up the airplane. It's usually not a problem, because airports with smaller runways only serve short and medium distance destinations.
It should be fine in simutrans, since the airport will be properly big for big airplanes. :D