| ▲ | cmurf 9 hours ago | |
Yeah, the higher departure stress due to greater fuel weight at takeoff was mentioned in this video. I'm now curious about the engineering of the displaced threshold. This is a portion of the runway that aircraft can taxi onto and use for takeoff but not for landing. I thought (assumed) that the landing was harder on the runway surface than takeoffs, hence the displaced threshold wasn't designed for that force. The displaced threshold could also be used to ensure obstacle and terrain clearance on landing - simply disallow that portion from being used in order to create an offset from the obstacle. But I don't know whether this is a very common reason for displaced threshold usage. -- Video also mentions https://skybrary.aero/ which I'd not heard of previously. Looks neat. I'll have to check it out. | ||