how long a runway needs to be for a microlights by UK law?
Posted by Kinky_Ladybug@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 3 comments
Hello, I'm studying architecture in the uk. and I'm currently working on a project to design a building 50 years into the future. we also have to show what the world is going to look like 50 years into the future.
In my theoretical world 50 years from now, the air pollution was so bad that a thick smog (like The Great Smog of London in 1952) settled over most cities in the UK which forced the Prime Minister to authorise
a drastic plan: dispersing seeds and spores enhanced with a growth agent using chemtrails from planes. (I don't believe in chemtrail conspiracy theory, just having fun) so trees and vines sprout from roads fields and train tracts overnight and cut people's main mode of transport and forcing them to only be able to travel by foot.
so I wanted to use Microlights to be able to make small journeys around Canterbury to transport daily small parcels of food around the dense city, of Canterbury.
I don't want to use helicopters for this as they are expensive in terms of fuel, training, and up-keep.
So does anyone know how long a runway needs to be for a microlights by UK law?
red_pencils@reddit
50 years into the future? Based on everything you said I'd be incorporating VTOL multirotor aircraft infrastructure into your design not microlights. That's the future. Check out designs like volocopter etc. Since these aircraft are electric, consider renewable energy in your design if you haven't already.
I know Canterbury well, you'd have a lot of options to put down a multirotor there. Good luck!
TautSipper@reddit
Gyrocopter is what you’re after. Barely any take off run
Fast-Satisfaction482@reddit
I'm pretty sure UK law doesn't allow to demolish all road infrastructure so why care about runway building regulations?