Drive through Parking

[DaleRFU]

Could anyone possibly tell me how you do this please?

Kind Regards
Dale

[Firebird]

OK, this is the simple explanation. I warn you though that it is complicated to work out in reality.

Simply put you create one taxiway from the front of the parking spot to the the runway entry point. Then you create a taxiway from the exit point(s) of the runway to the back of the parking spot.

Things that complicate it.
A. You have to plumb for each parking spot. You might get lucky and have a row of parking that will all join up into one taxiway.
B. The two pathways have to be completely separate. Any join point WILL cause you trouble.
C. You will have to be very cunning to create the taxiway markings that you want, and only one set.
D. Two pathways WILL cause you afcad difficulties. You just have to solve them when they occur, even if you just use taxiway out and apron route back.
E. You have to do this for both ends of the runway.
F. More than one runway and more than likely you will be f**ked.
G. Finally, despite what you want the aircraft will always take the shortest route to the runway entry point. Therefore you can't have the runway entry point be an exit point as well. Else the aircraft will reverse out, if there are parked facing away from the runway.
H. If the runway only has entry points and no exit only points then you are f**ked.

This should get you started.

[DaleRFU]

ok thanks steve, i will try

[Garysb]

mad!

[jaguar1]

No $h!t, after reading that lot I think I'll give brain surgery a go. If I can get to grips with drive through parking, anything is possible!!?

[Firebird]

It is possible guys. The point is that the simpler the airfield layout is the easier it is to do. The more complicated/accurate you want it the harder it is to achieve. It would not be fair of me not to warn you at the beginning.

If you seriously want to master it, choose a simple airfield first and build up to the more complicated one that you probably actually wanted to do. There is a reason that not all afcads have drive through and it is not laziness, sometimes it will just not work.

[ricktk]

What Steve says is correct. I had read up on the technique, but had never done one before. A flitsim acquaintence had a fictional grass strip out back of his house in the Netherlands, and did not like the small aircraft pushing back. I did a "plumbing" technique airfield for him and it worked great. But, there is a single grass runway, one taxiway, and one grass ramp area. There are only about 8 parking spots right in front of the clubhouse and single hanger. These are all small GA aircraft, so their runway landing distance is all about the same. This was for FSX, and done with ADE, but it is the same with FS9.