Aeroplane wheels

[ufkacbln]

Sad but true....

Many years ago we had a Sea King that had a failed landing gear

So they hover whilst a aircraft engineer winches the gear down manually

Unfortunately in a bizarre accident it then lands on his foot!

We had to fill in a long FMED form about the accident, detailing the victim's injuries, however the poor WAFUs had a much longer form detailing the damage to the aircraft.... mainly some blood on the landing gear wheel

 

[stephec]

I bet a marathon is harder to fit.

Showing your age there Rocky, they've been called Snickers for years now.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Sad but true....

Many years ago we had a Sea King that had a failed landing gear

So they hover whilst a aircraft engineer winches the gear down manually

Unfortunately in a bizarre accident it then lands on his foot!

We had to fill in a long FMED form about the accident, detailing the victim's injuries, however the poor WAFUs had a much longer form detailing the damage to the aircraft.... mainly some blood on the landing gear wheel

Surely they can just hover it down gently onto the ground, and then get it jacked up afterwards?

 

[pplpilot]

Sad but true....

Many years ago we had a Sea King that had a failed landing gear

So they hover whilst a aircraft engineer winches the gear down manually

Unfortunately in a bizarre accident it then lands on his foot!

We had to fill in a long FMED form about the accident, detailing the victim's injuries, however the poor WAFUs had a much longer form detailing the damage to the aircraft.... mainly some blood on the landing gear wheel

FMED? WAFU?.

Not everyone works/worked in the same field.

 

[F70100]

What pressures are we talking? Would a track pump do the trick?

A track pump would certainly handle the pressure (100 psi in the nose-wheels and 150 psi in the main-wheels on a certain 80 seater aircraft I am familiar with). I think many many strokes would be required though.

One thing that never gets done though is wheel balancing; just get them done then some jockey bangs it in and takes another kilo of rubber of the tyres and they need doing again!

 

[PhilDawson8270]

FMED? WAFU?.

Not everyone works/worked in the same field.

FMEDs are medical documents iirc

WAFU = Wet and farking Useless

 

[F70100]

And another thing, the tyre pressure is directly related to the aquaplaning speed of the tyre. For a smooth tyre, it will aquaplane at 9 x square root(tyre pressure in psi). Answer is in knots. So for a a tyre with 150 psi, aquaplaning speed is 127 mph.

I guess it's unlikely that you will aquaplane on yer bike. If you fall off it will be for another reason

 

[Vapin' Joe]

And another thing, the tyre pressure is directly related to the aquaplaning speed of the tyre. For a smooth tyre, it will aquaplane at 9 x square root(tyre pressure in psi). Answer is in knots. So for a a tyre with 150 psi, aquaplaning speed is 127 mph.

I was going to say that

 

[ufkacbln]

Surely they can just hover it down gently onto the ground, and then get it jacked up afterwards?

Nowhere near as much fun

The problem is that the bodywork is not designed for such stress and damage to the airframe is expensive

...and Thunderbirds were busy

 

[phil_hg_uk]

I bet a marathon is harder to fit.

It would probably just melt

 

[pplpilot]

And another thing, the tyre pressure is directly related to the aquaplaning speed of the tyre. For a smooth tyre, it will aquaplane at 9 x square root(tyre pressure in psi). Answer is in knots. So for a a tyre with 150 psi, aquaplaning speed is 127 mph.

I guess it's unlikely that you will aquaplane on yer bike. If you fall off it will be for another reason

Ever kissed a girl?

 

[mickle]

The existence of Italian scooters and German bubble cars is thanks to an excess of aeroplane tyres after the war. Messerschmitt trikes even used the cockpit canopies of course.

 

[raleighnut]

I think some clean undercrackers may have been required after these

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POu1e71OlMo&feature=player_detailpage

 

[buggi]

I think its safe to say that this tyre is rotated...
http://facedl.com/fvideo.php?f=oewkawoioquuauq&emergency-landing-of-plane-landing-gear-f

 

[FrankCrank]

.. ..on my last flight back here from UK, I got to Heathrow real early, and went into the observation deck at T4 for a while. Had no idea how hard those planes land, every one had smoke coming out of the tyres, big swathe of runway was all black from the skidmarks. The yawing just adds to the excitement, and didn't seem all that windy to me. If I was a pilot, there'd be conkers rolling down my trouser leg after every landing...........