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March 22nd 17, 05:57 PM
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Will circular runways ever take off?
On Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at 12:24:42 PM UTC-5, wrote:
This might be a good idea for auto towing. We have 2800 ft of straight runway at our gliderport. At 780 ft field elevation with a tow vehicle like a V-8 Chevy Suburban or a V-8 pickup truck, we can get a maximum of about 800ft AGL auto towing a 1-26, and maybe 475ft AGL auto towing a 2-33 with two people in it. Except for the problem of the wind causing a portion of the circle to be towing the glider downwind, a circular runway would seem to be a good way to extend the runway length indefinitely, and get more altitude for a given rope length. I am envisioning the NTSB report now... 
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