longest take off

[navin johnson]

which aircraft modeled in fsx requires the most runway to get off the ground when empty?

 

[manfredc3]

I would say the B-29 Superfortress

 

[mvg3d]

Republic F-84F Thunderstreak or F-105 ? (as ALL the Republic a/c).....

 

[Shylock]

Alphasim B-24

 

[PHo17]

Many russian heavies (which I have only as freeware) when loaded full of fuel.

 

[expat]

Knew a DC-7C pilot who liked to say the only way it got off the runway was "sheer brute force and the curvature of the earth." The Calclassics DC-7 performs true to form.

 

[Timmy74]

I find Carenado's Bonanza a bird that takes a bit of real estate to get off the ground full of fuel.

 

[delta_lima]

Mr Shupe's HMS Bounty ...

The old Alphasim RF-84 Thunderflash was about the longest I've encountered. I don't have the SSW F-84, but I'm sure its in the same ballpark.

 

[Bjoern]

I guess any early jetliner might fit the bill.

 

[menef]

I've found long takeoff runs with these birds:
Milviz T38
CLS F117
As far as I know they replicate the real world aircraft.

 

[glennc]

I don't know about the FSX version, but real world, the B-58. There was a reason the Bunker Hill AFB runway was over 12,500 feet long.Part of the reason the Alphasim (Virtavia?) B-24 was such a bear was that it was 3,000 pounds over gross out of the "box". Glenn

 

[navin johnson]

thanks everyone!

 

[Bomber_12th]

There was an old saying about Republic aircraft (P-47, B-36, F-84, F-105, etc), that if someone built a runway around the world, Republic would make an airplane to use every bit of it.

 

[ce_zeta]

I guess that the Ilyushin Il-86

 

[Bjoern]

I guess that the Ilyushin Il-86

Heh, yeah.

https://youtu.be/t2VlIKt6EK0?t=1m11s

To be fair, the runway at that place is also rather short. But look at that shallow climb...