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To: DannyTN

The runway is three miles around. There won’t be much centrifugal force.


14 posted on 04/25/2017 2:30:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Happy days are here again!)
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To: DoughtyOne

The runway is 3km long, not 3 miles. This is not much longer than your average runway at a major airport, which is why they’ve made the runway banked. The forces would be noticeable.


20 posted on 04/25/2017 2:36:56 PM PDT by linear (The truth brooks no arbiters.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Well, hell, if you’re going that large, you may as well do a giant SQUARE.


21 posted on 04/25/2017 2:37:16 PM PDT by Zarro (Oh, we don't call them the "MSM" any longer; they are now the "Basket of Detestables")
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To: DoughtyOne
About 0.1 g at 100 mi/h.

104 posted on 04/25/2017 4:54:10 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: TWITTER, FACEBOOK, CNN, ESPN, NFL, NPR)
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