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Originally Posted by Fat Charlie
Hm. You'd think they'd have the tires fully covered to protect them a bit from conditions at altitude. That's a lot of vicious temperature cycling to put tires through.
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They went into that a bit in the video, with the heat of the tires after a take off and heat of hydraulic and fluid helping keep things cozy in a covered wheel bay.
I know on my car tires for every 10 degree temperature drop there is a 1-pound air pressure drop rule of thumb.
I wonder how most aircraft get around this, as their tires must go flat in flight up there in the cold.
Conveyor belt shingles in lieu of an inflatable bladder to make an air-seal, kind of a solution one would read about in Ecomodder project and not in a Boeing product that's had 40 years to evolve. Simple works - I like it.