They seem to be so small and unstable, thinking about the weight of the airplane, especially filled with passangers and luggage. How do they carry the weight, as well as being able to accelerate and break and everything?
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1). Airliner tires are made with several layers of soft rubber interlaced with Kevlar. They are very strong.
2). Airliner tires only need to work about 200 miles or so before they are replaced. Roughly every 200 landings. Truck tires go thousands of miles.
3). They are ablative. That means they are designed to wear in a predictable, controlled way. That’s why runways have all those black stripes down the middle from tires.
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