Glad this stuff was there and I am not saying that it shouldn't be used. But what is the damage to the gear of the plane that goes through it?
I wonder what it felt like to decel like that, and how many Gs were involved. Obviously better than the alternative, but I get some seatbelts got strained.
Glad this stuff was there and I am not saying that it shouldn't be used. But what is the damage to the gear of the plane that goes through it?
With this particular runway, it'd be more like: through a fence, across a busy highway, and into a building... the EMAS was worth installing, for sure.Probably not as much as you would think. It is a heck of a lot less than if the stuff wasn't there and they went over the meadow and through the woods and ripped the gear clear out.
!TEB 10/005 (KTEB A1697/10) TEB RWY 6 EMAS NONSTD
...from the NOTAMS.
Non-standard EMAS configuration.
That's one way of putting it!
Well, I was thinking maybe I'd find an obstacle NOTAM:
TEB OBST GULFSTREAM 32 (25AGL) 0 SW UNLGTD
That might just get post of the week! Well played!
I *think* it was either How It's Made or Factory Made that "chronicled" EMAS and they talked about a crane lowering replacements into place.