Originally Posted by
CPRich
His "answers" are terrible.
How do we deal with a rejected takeoff - as the plane could be headed in any direction when it needs to climb.
His answer - As there is no end to the runway, a starting aircraft can keep rolling and come to a stop
If you don't understand what a rejected takeoff is (i.e., you don't land, so you can't "keep rolling"), how can we take this seriously?
That video of a plane descending, turning at an angle, trying to keep perfectly parallel to the runway, is enough to say "really bad idea". It looks like stunt flying.
Huh? I do agree that it's a bad idea for landing but I don't see your problem with a takeoff. There is no V1 speed with this runway as you have infinite roll space--and rejected takeoffs are normally below V1. (Although there's a video out there of a guy in a military jet rejecting above V1--he deliberately crashes the jet and punches out. Sensible--the plane had zero ability to fly, but neither did it have the ability to stop before overrunning into buildings. By retracting the gear and putting it into the runway he brought it to a stop faster, saving the buildings and the people in them.)