longest take off

**navin johnson** · July 22nd, 2015, 19:30

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

***manfredc3*** · July 22nd, 2015, 20:00

I would say the B-29 Superfortress

**mvg3d** · July 22nd, 2015, 22:43

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

**Shylock** · July 22nd, 2015, 23:00

Alphasim B-24

**PHo17** · July 22nd, 2015, 23:22

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

**expat** · July 23rd, 2015, 01:54

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** · July 23rd, 2015, 02:51

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

**delta_lima** · July 23rd, 2015, 07:04

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** · July 23rd, 2015, 09:04

I guess any early jetliner might fit the bill.

**menef** · July 24th, 2015, 00:08

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*** · July 24th, 2015, 11:45

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** · July 25th, 2015, 10:54

thanks everyone!

**Bomber_12th** · July 25th, 2015, 12:48

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.