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Questions about runways

JPetroSS

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Hello guys,

I have some questions about runway surfaces.
In ADEX I've seen many (strange for me) runway
surfaces like f.e brick, oil treated, steel mats, planks etc. and I would like to find some info on each one of them.
Are there any real pics of such runways? I can't imagine a runway made of brick??? What about the tires of the aircraft?
And one more.....what is an oil-treated runway?

Thanks a lot,

I hope this thread is usefull.

Peter
 
Hi,

I am not sure if all of these types are used in the FSX, although MS put them in. The best way is just to add them in a scenery and see how they look.
 
JPetroSS said:
And one more.....what is an oil-treated runway?
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Oil treated is when airports (mostly older) would put oil down on the grass runway to keep it from getting soggy when it rains (oil and water NEVER mix), if there isn't another hard surfaced runway available.

Also, the only steel mats runway is at Bogue MCALF in North Carolina (just down the road from me :D ) It is used to train pilots to land on an aircraft carrier.
 
Might do a search in the Airport Design Editor forum here. I believe somebody listed where all these 'odd' runways are located, and included pictures of the textures.

Needing some old looking concrete for my own use, I replaced steel mats texture with some old looking concrete from a Russian scenery. :) Made it easy using ADE to give those closed and seldom used taxiways, and aprons with something more realistic. Of course, this changes every airport in the world that uses that texture, but as stated above, since there was only one, for myself, I thought it was worth it.
 
What an absolutely amazing collection of incredibly ignorant and infantile remarks that one page has collected! :rotfl:

Where's the "barfing" smilie? :D
 
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