Flight school is gonna be hard as hell in Gta 10!

Landings with no wheels couldn't be landed on these runways, they'd just go straight off as there's no grip on the belly of a plane, or steering.

It will never work. The Brits would be landing in one direction, while the rest of us would land in the other.

ATC: Stop departures and arrivals, there is an unknown vehicle on the runway. (Some random person Tokyo Drifts around the runway over and over)

Ok, reasons why this is a bad idea. 1. Uneven stresses put on airframes and landing gears. 2. The requirement for all flights to be 100% accurately calculated on their power and weight. Any error would mean taking off too late or too early potentially causing dangerous crosswinds on take off and landing. 3. Unpredictable cross winds and wakes inside of the bowl shape itself. 4. The video mentions that you can have multiple planes taking off and landing at once. A terrible idea as one accident could then potentially lead to a chain reaction. Add unpredictable crosswinds into that and you have a recipe for disaster. 5. This would take up *more* space, not less, as you cannot have any buildings (or trees) in a set distance around the circular design because essentially every direction is the flight path. 6. This is worse for noise pollution, as you can't route flight paths around towns and villages. Otherwise, it looks really cool. Maybe an easier way to improve efficiency would be to create some kind of launch and landing system, similar (but with less severe G-Forces) to an aircraft carrier which could reduce the length of runways required. But that would be very expensive (as would these bowls) and not worth the investment, the research or training to make it work.

When I saw the picture I just wondered how you could enter the airpor

*plot twist* Every pilot that did the simulator crashed

This man is every pilot's worst nightmare

It looks quite interesting! I'd certainly like to know the downsides. Surely there'd have to be some reason that nobody else has wanted to do this before. You'd think they would have built one by now.

When not in use, hello Grand Prix!

think a loop d loop runway would be best. like a hot wheels track.

Wouldn't this be an air traffic control nightmare?! Just wonderin

Do Square shaped wheels ever take off?

Seems like the aircraft would be more likely to skid off the runway during icy conditions with high lateral G's. Also I would think the bowl shape would likely create its own unpredictable high wind conditions.

I had to watch because I thought it was a joke

What's next, you want the pilots to drift ok the runway to save time on landings and departures?

Figure 8 runways are the best

How does this REDUCE crosswind problems? From what I can see it guarantees it, as at some stage during your landing you WILL be flying crosswind, and that crosswind will keep changing throughout the procedure.

LMAO THE A380 in the beginning has only 4 wheels

The idea fails when an aircraft has to do an emergency landing

Wouldn't this cause uneaven pressure on the tires and the landing gear? The gear on the inner side of the runway would be put to higher strain then the outside one,also it would now have to face lateral forces which would effect how the shock absorbers work (they are made to absorb vertical pressure,not lateral).

won't emergency landings be much harder?

This is what happens when you legalise drugs...

Inventing circular runways is like putting square wheels on a car

I calculate an uptick in plane crashes, but a million futureyness points.

What about a hexagonal runway. Then it's a cross between circular and straight.

2:20 if you look closely you can see someone being beat up though that passing planes window.

Tokyo Drift

I can barely land on a straight runway. Imagine landing on a circular one.

this sound like a lot of BS to me and i'm just a random guy with common sense

Its a dumb idea, now instead of only one neighborhood getting aircraft noise all neighborhoods will?

Where's thunderf00t when you need him?

Terrible idea... INCREASES the chance of landing in a cross wind Uneven pressures on landing gear Plane manufactures will have to spend millions on changing aircraft to withstand such forces ILS systems won't work (or will have to be completely redesigned) Auto-landing systems won't work Planes can't land on the runway if they have a mechanical fault No markers for landing zones meaning pilots can over shoot the landing Wind will act in unusual ways Harder to land while banking ATC will be '360' times harder Extremely expensive I could go on.......

Since we in the insane ivory tower of academic insanity how about a Mobius Loop runway! You'll see! It will work! This guy has never been to Atlanta Airport in the states.

I love to see them try this in Cleveland in February with freezing rain and snow. This is lunacy.

I think that instead of having 1 circular runway, we can just make more straight runways so more planes can land and takeoff instead of just 3 at a time.

lLS will not work here I guess.

I only realised the title is a pun

Left engine fails right before V1... what you doin?

This'll put high yaw forces on passengers, apply excessive friction on wheels, cause unbalanced shifting on landing airplanes, ILS will be broken, it'll basically ensure you land in a crosswind, and will make airport access and coordination challenging. If two planes crash, or there's a delay here, the whole track will be bottlenecked for hours. Sounds good. Let's build it.

Taking off sideways is how you get a wing strike, followed by a crash.

If you think landing is tough, try taking off. As you speed up to gain airspeed to gain lift, the increasing bank and inertial forces will push you back against the runway. You could keep going faster and faster and never get enough lift to overcome them. Good luck also calculating where you must enter the runway and how fast you must accelerate to reach the takeoff airspeed precisely when aimed into the wind.

Wow, this is something I've actually never thought of. Good way to start a regular Thursday, I guess.

That means they will completely have to reconfigure the ILS

What about start off? How would the plane get up in the air with this runway

Well it wont work in countries with winter.

1:18 And the sides are BANKED *Heavy Breathing 'Nascar Fans'

If the runway is bent it will be a problem. The wings are hanging and scratch the road with the slightest sidewind

This is an interesting idea, but keep in mind it's obscenely dangerous. It makes emergency operations nearly impossible, no-visibility approaches completely impossible, and creates an almost 100% chance of wingtips and engines striking the ground. Just one of the problems is that even the smallest airplanes are several times wider than cars and would scrape the ground on runways with such a curved surface. Another big problem is that most different aircraft would likely require different types of curved runways to operate, something normal runways to not exhibit as a problem, and would cause further danger if an airplane had to land at an airport it was not originally intending to. That being said, it WOULD be fun in a videogame. But not in real life.

The amazing thing is that someone is funding this. I have to quit my job and start fishing for funds from gullible politicians.

Reaching v1 must be the hardest part of this concept. The radius and the angle of the banking used for the runway doesn't piece up in my mind. Anyway, the future belongs the dreamers.

Next Idea: Vertical Runways LOLLL Use gravity for airplanes to take off which takes no fuel! Just the power of gravity =D

dude must've been high to think of this

Right so what if you take off, coming round the runway and collide with another plane that's landing?

So to solve the ATC issue you can still have approaches mapped out, and each segment of the circle could be colored to segment the circles.

What's happening when 2 aircrafts are taking off simultaneously, and one have an emergency ? It's not like the second aircraft have tons of options, he's taking off too !!

how to get in and out of the airport if there is a strip surrounding the entire airport? how will planes land on the strip if there are 3 planes using it

First of all, how can people get INTO the airport if it's surrounded with runways.

I like the idea of bank angle . Instead of a circle let there be straight lines which at the end become circles. So like a hub and spoke of a wheel. The circular part will enough bank to prevent aircraft shooting off the runway. This is great way to prevent runway overshoots

One issue: would have to be a path or train underneath to get into the airport In the center and crossing underneath it could be extremely loud as there's a plane landing right above you

Added wear on tires ?

But how do you get to the airport then? Do we now have to take a subway to get to it? Will this result in more security/luggage checks?

That start simulation though

it was my idea too. I thought for it in 2012. its good beneficial, and solutions of many hurdles which come in the time of take of and landing.

Any idea on how people would enter the airport, since there is runway surrounding it?

This gonna create tornados

is there is any ulternate way to reach at terminal and board ther flight...?? can we use tunnel for the undercross and if by chnace we get success in this what about the cargos and mail how they will reach at aproan and taxi way..??

instead of circle why not hexagonal or octagonal? that seem to make a lot more sense right?

love to see the person with the idea founder do it first

10/10 would tail strike again. Would slide off in icy conduction again.

and what if a plane has a rudder emergency where it can't turn?

Have two wheels in front and one in rear for an aircraft might work on circular runway.

You know the idea is stupid when it gambles with passengers' lives.

Wtf was he doing at 0:25

its possible, just that the control tower has to play eurobeat instead of saying "you are cleared for takeoff" so the planes can kansei dorifto into the air much more easily

is the terminal in the middle? if so how do you get to it, and where do the parking lots go?

Oh my god there are such uninformed people. This idea is just stupid and impossible, coming from a pilot. Just not viable.

Here will see Airplane NASCAR...

when i applied and tested to be an air traffic controller (nope, didn't make the final cut :/ ) one of the guys walking around there was a 30 year atc veteran with aaaaaall the wisdom and so forth and he mentioned this like it was something he heard of and was like "yeah sure, that is absolutely perfect! how hasn't it been done!" and he went on to say not one expert he talked to about it had any real objection to the idea but maybe "it's kinda weird and maybe confusing for pilots at first"

Planes will start drifting lmfao

Looks interesting in theory. But practically is this possible?

I have no helpful words to say on this concept because I haven't a clue about aviation or aeronautics. No brain, either. However, being on the internet automatically renders me accreditation for posting comments. Given the long standing tradition of crop circles in Europe, it seems like if it's a good idea for the aliens, it'd be very good for us. Naturally, crop fields would need to be planted, and I think the locals should vote on what kind they want. Cheers.

I think the best case is the crosswinds argument, besides that, I would really be curious as to learning curve and thus the viability of commercial applications. If it's actually more efficient and has no downsides​, I'm all for thinking outside the box.

the problem with this is expansion becomes more difficult when the runway inevitably becomes too small to handle all the aircraft. you'd have to build an additional runway around this one and possibly rip this one up.

He said centrifugal I'm done

Great idea but one problem, how do passengers enter a circular airport

I imagine that the pressure endured from the continuous usage of this design will inevitably take a toll on the wheels which make contact with the lower section of the runway. Cool in theory but not practical in execution.

As a commercial pilot and aerospace engineer I see many problems the big ones are landing, restrictions on buildings heights, size, landing aids like ils or vor, etc

Pun intended! 😂

It is not a good idea to be in a turn that close to the ground because if an airplane stalls, there is no room to recover

It’s going to be really hard for atc when this concept is a large airport, higher risk of collisions

I envisage that in the future (if there is one) all aircraft will lift off vertically. Either by way of rocket type or some other way of lift off.

Am I the only person who noticed the pun in the title?

How will peopl get to the airport if it is surrounded by the runway?

A plane with problems in a landing gear would have a hard time landing without getting off the runway, it would also be dangerous in places where ice could form on the runway. On the other hand we have the question of the direction of the wind, how would it affect

Traditional but innovative Airport Designers will just design an Airport with Three Runways, but at 1.5 km instead of 3km or even 3.5 km. Spreaded them 800 meters apart or even closer. Left, Center, Right ≈ Take-Off, Landing, Take-Off (for busy Departures hour) ≈ Landing, Take-Off, Landing (for busy Arrivals hour). Added with Two Angled Runways to handled places with Extreme Crosswinds. Making a total of 5 Runways.

Even if it is calculated by a computer, if there is one mistake it could send two jumbo jets at a 30% degree angle and could send airplane parts everywhere onto other planes, this is not the best idea IMO.

I thought it was interesting until I read positive "environmental and social" impacts. Then I realized​ instantly it was overhyped crap.

This would be a good idea for those remote airports that have problems with straight runways but it wont work at big airports in big cities

I think this is an amazing idea, as if planes were ever in an emergency, there is no time wasted to align it, as you will always be aligned.