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One part of PPL training is soft/rough field takeoffs. Usually you go through the motions on a paved runway but maybe you're flying off a grass runway. Anyhow,
by ksherlock 3y ago
One part of PPL training is soft/rough field takeoffs. Usually you go through the motions on a paved runway but maybe you're flying off a grass runway. Anyhow, use flaps to increase lift, apply back pressure to reduce the load on the nose wheel, rotate early, and use ground effect to accelerate. Maybe they'll stick bigger tires on it or use a JATO rocket to help with the acceleration.
- nradov 3y agoI don't think there's any place to attach rockets to an A320. Probably they'll just lighten the aircraft as much as possible by stripping out all unnecessary equipment, and do some construction work on the field to turn it into something vaguely resembling a runway.
- buildsjets 3y agoThere is no JATO option available for the A320. There is, however, a "high flotation" landing gear option with 4 wheel bogeys, which was only purchased by Air India, instead of 2 wheel bogeys that the majority of A320s have. However since Russia is under embargo, it seems unlikely that they would be able to get parts and Airbus support to do this kind of modification, and it is probably unneeded if they wait for the ground to freeze. https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/39237/why-do-some-a320s-have-double-bogie-landing-gear https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/39237/why-do-so...
- culebron21 3y agoClimate allows making a hard runway just like ice roads in winter, with ground being frozen more than 1m deep. A summary here: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/101015/ https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/101015/