You are correct. I just remember the dirt landing strip at our rural airport that runs perpendicular to the regular runway looked relatively smooth, but felt much different. Not much give in the rubber to absorb anything really. Shake the teeth right out of your head.
Don't let that fool you....a well maintained dirt or grass strip is smoother than an actual runway...
Just takes a ton of work ($) to maintain them. Once they get gopher holes and ruts and people kind of "give up" on it then yeah....you're going to have a bad time.
You are correct. I just remember the dirt landing strip at our rural airport that runs perpendicular to the regular runway looked relatively smooth, but felt much different. Not much give in the rubber to absorb anything really. Shake the teeth right out of your head.
Don't let that fool you....a well maintained dirt or grass strip is smoother than an actual runway...
Just takes a ton of work ($) to maintain them. Once they get gopher holes and ruts and people kind of "give up" on it then yeah....you're going to have a bad time.