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Two vs Four
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:23:59 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: On Nov 22, 4:29Â*am, Stealth Pilot wrote: not a moot point at all since a tyre blow out on landing can be fatal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Stealth, I'm glad you brought up that point. The main gear I described would have four tires (tyres) per side. Initial touch-down would be upon the rear-most pair. If one tire of the rear-most pair blew-out on touch down, in theory you'd still have the other to bear the load. If BOTH tires were to blow, their rims would still be in place and would cause the front-most pair to come into play. In the ultimate 'worse-case' scenario, all four (!) tires would blow, leaving you with the four steel wheels to complete the landing. -R.S.Hoover A bit of overkill and a lot of extra weight for a "light plane". I could possibly see a set of "duallies" |
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Two vs Four
On Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:23:59 -0800 (PST), "
wrote: On Nov 22, 4:29*am, Stealth Pilot wrote: not a moot point at all since a tyre blow out on landing can be fatal. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Stealth, I'm glad you brought up that point. The main gear I described would have four tires (tyres) per side. Initial touch-down would be upon the rear-most pair. If one tire of the rear-most pair blew-out on touch down, in theory you'd still have the other to bear the load. If BOTH tires were to blow, their rims would still be in place and would cause the front-most pair to come into play. In the ultimate 'worse-case' scenario, all four (!) tires would blow, leaving you with the four steel wheels to complete the landing. -R.S.Hoover on the early jabirus the disk brake was slightly larger than the hub of the wheel barrow tyres that were being tried. you'd be surprised how many disk rotors have gravel graunching around the periphery. 4 cheapie wheels locally cost $aus20 each ...thereabouts. 1 mainstream 5.00X5 costs $96. if you can tell me the brand of calculator you use I'll either send new batteries or a new one :-) :-) Stealth Pilot |
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