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0 pointsfuzzythinker7mo ago0 comments

Or a ramp with "one-way teeth" that stops it with gravity and stops it from sliding back down with teeth.

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hshdhdhehd7mo ago· 1 in thread

The plane is fast and heavy.

potato37328427mo ago

And fragile and will go splat if you try and do anything approaching a runaway truck ramp to it.

kijin7mo ago

The ramp will need to be very long and very high in order to absorb the momentum of a fully loaded widebody jet. Not something that you'd want near a runway where planes can land in either direction.

hshdhdhehd7mo ago

linehedonist's comment is an idea that is shown to work

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineered_materials_arrestor_...

nedrylandJP7mo ago

Sounds like a much more substantial runaway truck ramp

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