Airplanes and Brakes?

Saw the hot brake thing a couple of times- glowing red hot. I wouldn't want
to be standing anywhere near the wheel if the plug blew up. With the engine
running the ECS keeps the thing remarkably cool.

On Sep 15, 5:34*pm, "Viperdoc" wrote:
Saw the hot brake thing a couple of times- glowing red hot. I wouldn't want
to be standing anywhere near the wheel if the plug blew up. With the engine
running *the ECS keeps the thing remarkably cool.

They told me what the tire pressures were but I can't remember. I do
recall it was some ungodly high pressure. I sure wouldn't want to have
one blow right next to me for sure :-))

Wonderful airplane! Just like the T38; point it where you want it to
go and hang on :-)
D

As I recall it was somewhere in the range of around 250psi, and the
magnesium wheels have a blow out plug to keep the thing from exploding.
However, I still wouldn't want to be anywhere near if the thing let go.

We taxied up next to one with hot brakes, which we called on the radio, and
I couldn't wait until the ordinance guys did their check to get out of
there- it seemed like the wheel was pointing right at us.

On Sep 15, 6:05*pm, "Viperdoc" wrote:
As I recall it was somewhere in the range of around 250psi, and the
magnesium wheels have a blow out plug to keep the thing from exploding.
However, I still wouldn't want to be anywhere near if the thing let go.

We taxied up next to one with hot brakes, which we called on the radio, and
I couldn't wait until the ordinance guys did their check to get out of
there- it seemed like the wheel was pointing right at us.

Sort of like staring into a loaded bomb I would imagine.
D