Talk:Engineered materials arrestor system
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Snow and Ice?
How do these systems deal with snow and ice? Are they strong enough for vehicles to drive on? They surface has many joints - how does the blade of a plow not damage the surface? Are airports limited to using sweeping equipment? Icefield (talk) 14:11, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
- Usualy, blades are equiped with rollers that lift the blade several millimeters away from the surface. The bottom part of the blade is not touching the road, it prevents it from beeing worn out too quickly (the road and the blade). 2A01:CB00:8382:8000:D4F6:309D:C14C:A466 (talk) 16:29, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
No reference to arrestor use development and history
Numerous runways had run-off areas, long before engineered deceleration zones. Drag racing had them in the 1960s and 1970s. Early systems used sand and pea gravel that would decelerate and stop vehicles as tires would sink well below the normal surface level. Many of these are still in use as are various netting-style arrestors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Homebuilding (talk • contribs) 15:38, 28 October 2016 (UTC)
Advert?
The paragraph about "Engineered Arresting Systems Corporation" reads like an advertisement. I think the last two sentences, the ones about cost and where they produce it, ought to be deleted. - Psyno 06:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
Agreed. The FAA EMAS standard says nothing about concrete blocks, this is a plug for ESCO systems 173.164.178.105 (talk) 17:46, 6 April 2011 (UTC)