Greeting!
I've been tasked with finding info on various types of Runways for our club.
I'm not sure just what we'll end up doing. Right now it's all grass.
We are in northern New England, So we get lots of snow and frost heaving of the ground in winter.
Therefore, how deep do we have to dig the runway bed and what material(s) should we put in it ?
We have suggestions of Road Paving, Stone dust, Clay, Rubber sheeting, sheet metal, and even plywood for a surface. Some of these could be picked up when not in use and/or for winter.
Does anyone have experience using any of these?
<Pavement is obvious, but is out of our budget unless we get a serious donation, We are not a big club, and we'd rather throw a picnic/funfly than anything else>
We are looking at a minimal strip for takeoff only and land on the existing grass runway <the new one will be parallel to the grass one>
Why did I get the task? I've got the Jet !
Ramjet