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To partially answer my own question(Are there only short and long runways of fixed lengths), I did the following on the New Guinea map:
Fully zoomed in on each runway, place a waypoint at the beginning and end. Right on the edge, using the lines between the tiles or mats to align them. A pair of independent waypoints per runway that are only connected to eachother, not the other waypoints/runways. Set the speed for each waypoint to 6kph using a text editor. Looking at the second waypoint in each set, noted the time. At 6kph, 1km takes 10 minutes, so an arrival time of 12:17(mission starts at 12:00) makes for a distance of 1700 meters. Using this method, I determined the runway length for all airfields(Note that there is a margin of error for the few grass runways, as the beginning, end and centerline are hard to determine): Vivigani: 1700m x2 (IRL 2000m) Garuahi LG: 1200m Turnbull LG: 1600m Gurney Airfield: 1600m No. 2 Strip: 1600m Sagari LG: 1200m DOB 1: 1600m DOB 3: 1600m New Strip: 1200m Old Strip: 1600m Soputa: 1600m DOB 2: 1200m Unknown(Between Fighter Strip and DOB 2): 1200m Fighter Strip: 1600m DOB 4: 1200m POP3: 1600m Kila Airdrome: 2200m Jackson Airdrome: 1700m Wards Airdrome: 1700m x2 Durand Airdrome: 1600m Schwimmer Airdrome: 1600m Berry Airdrome: 1600m Boera Field: 1600m This gives us the following lengths: 1200m, 1600m, 1700m and 2200m. I've checked Vivigani and Garuahi LG, and neither have historically accurate runways. Even then, using historical data for beacon placement is only possible for a small number of airfields. Measuring this is relatively simple, though time consuming. This method could be used to determine the beacon location. However, as there are so many variables involved, I believe this would be inaccurate at best. I just need the hard data, as already supplied in the manual for the regular lorenz beacon, of the two other landing beacons. |
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