: How do they change the tires off an airplane? Do they have airplane sized car jack to help lift up the plane?

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: How do they change the tires off an airplane? Do they have airplane sized car jack to help lift up the plane?

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Answer 1

There are lots of videos of aeroplane tyres getting changed on YouTube, you can watch them do it. They lift the landing gear off the ground with a jack- remember that the landing gear goes up into the plane after takeoff, it is designed to rise up without lifting the whole plane up. While they’re lifting up one wheel the plane is still steady on the rest of the landing gear.