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- From: jmmatthe@apgea.army.mil (Jeffrey M. Matthews <jmmatthe>)
- Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics
- Subject: Re: Tire burn-out on landings
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.141210.13008@apgea.army.mil>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:12:10 GMT
- References: <BzHBrM.9uF@specialix.com> <1992Dec21.141754.28391@cs.ucf.edu>
- Organization: CRDEC APG
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- In article <1992Dec21.141754.28391@cs.ucf.edu> clarke@acme.ucf.edu (Thomas Clarke) writes:
- >In article <BzHBrM.9uF@specialix.com> jim@specialix.com (Jim Maurer) writes:
- >> todamhyp@unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) writes:
- >>
- >> >I realize this a relatively basic question (I think) nevertheless:
- >>
- >> > I am neither a pilot nor an airliner engineer. However,
- >> >everytime I watch a airliner land, a cloud of smoke is produced when
- >> >the wheels come in contact from the ground due to friction. Couldn't
- >> >this cloud and the effect of friction be lessened by inducing a
- >> >angular velocity upon the wheels to match the airliners speed with
- >> >respect to the runway?
- >>
- >> This has been tried. It did reduce tire wear, but it did cause
- >> some problems. How would you like to try landing a 747 with a
- >> bunch of gyroscopes attached? It adversely affects handling qualities
- >> of the aircraft. :-)
- >
- >Doesn't a 747 already have four rather large gyroscopes slung
- >under the wings?:-) Or do the engines rotate in different direction?
- >
- >--
- >Thomas Clarke
- >Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central FL
- >12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826
- >(407)658-5030, FAX: (407)658-5059, clarke@acme.ucf.edu
-
- Keep in mind that right after liftoff, the tires are turning up pretty
- fast. On some large aircraft one has to brake the wheels to a stop to
- prevent precession from stressing the gear in directions it wasn't designed
- to take, and keep the tire from rubbing things in the wheel wells due to in-
- creased diameter. But braking right before retraction heats up the beads,
- not a lot, but after a long run with a heavy airplane, any extra heat is un-
- welcome. Then the hot tires go into a snug well with lots of plumbing car-
- rying combustible (sometimes) fluids. The AF lost its first C5 that way.
-
- Gyroscopic precession isn't a problem unless you want to make rapid
- changes in direction. But even then, I doubt that the innards of a turbine
- are a greater problem than a thirteen foot four blade prop.
-
- For myself, I prefer ragwings and grass runways. Landings become one
- of the more seductively pleasurable parts of the flight. Just a skosh more
- back pressure when the tops of the grass start tickling the tires, the gent-
- ly increasing vibration as the gear takes the weight of the airplane.......
- I try to make one like that every now and then. And tires last til they
- dry rot. The Cub I soloed in 63 still had its original tires, the old
- smoothies.
-
- J. Matthews
- Standard Disclaimers Apply
-