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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Think of it this way. A plane only needs them to land or take off. They don’t need big wheels like a car to take every bump on the road (since they spend most of their time flying) so they don’t need the same proportion of tire size like a car would. And the wheels they’ve got are enough to do that job without a problem. (And like others have said, the don’t move the plane so they only need to keep it in place or roll when landing or taking off).
They’re solidly sturdy tires and they’re changed out really regularly. I haven’t stabbed one with a knife, but I’d say that starting at the tread a tire’s rubber probably starts at half an inch thick. The whole of the landing gear on a given plane is designed to be super robust. Sure they seem small attached to a big-ass airplane but tire inflation aside they also have a set of hydraulics that both lock it into place but also an oil-air strut carefully designed to take the brunt of the force of landing.
Source: I’m an A&P mechanic.
They’re solidly sturdy tires and they’re changed out really regularly. I haven’t stabbed one with a knife, but I’d say that starting at the tread a tire’s rubber probably starts at half an inch thick. The whole of the landing gear on a given plane is designed to be super robust. Sure they seem small attached to a big-ass airplane but tire inflation aside they also have a set of hydraulics that both lock it into place but also an oil-air strut carefully designed to take the brunt of the force of landing.
Source: I’m an A&P mechanic.
They’re solidly sturdy tires and they’re changed out really regularly. I haven’t stabbed one with a knife, but I’d say that starting at the tread a tire’s rubber probably starts at half an inch thick. The whole of the landing gear on a given plane is designed to be super robust. Sure they seem small attached to a big-ass airplane but tire inflation aside they also have a set of hydraulics that both lock it into place but also an oil-air strut carefully designed to take the brunt of the force of landing.
Source: I’m an A&P mechanic.
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