You must have often seen tyres of vehicles bursting. There can be many reasons behind this bursting. The tyres of heavy vehicles like buses, trucks etc. burst mostly due to overloading. Many times tyre bursting also leads to big accidents. But have you ever wondered why the tyres of airplanes weighing hundreds of tonnes do not burst? Another question is that a heavy airplane touches the runway at a speed of about 250 km/h, so how many days will its tyres last? Let us know the answers to all these questions through this article.
Why don’t plane tyres burst?
Let us first know that the tyres of an airplane are made of such a material that they do not burst even after dropping such a heavy load at such a high speed. The tyres of an airplane are made differently from the tyres of vehicles. Along with rubber, many other materials like aluminium and steel are also mixed in its tyres. The air is filled in the tyres of an airplane with 6 times more pressure than the tyres of a car. That is why they are able to bear such a heavy load.
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For how many days can a tyre be used?
How long can airplane tyres be used? The answer to this question can be a little complicated, because the use of its tyres does not depend on the number of days, but on the type of airplane and other things. Actually, airplanes are of many types according to their capacity. Some planes are only cargo carriers and some are passenger carriers, in such a case, how long the tyre will be useful will depend on how many flights it has done so far. Let us know for how many flights a tyre can be used.
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Nitrogen gas is filled in tyres
Nitrogen gas is filled in airplane tyres instead of normal gas because nitrogen gas is dry and lighter than other gases. Temperature does not affect it much. Knowledgeable people say that a single airplane tyre can bear a weight of 38 tonnes.
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Use of tyres
An airplane’s tyre is used for 500 takeoffs and landings. After this, grips are fitted on it for the next 500 uses. In this way, grips can be fitted on a tyre a total of seven times. According to this, a tyre can be used for about 3500 takeoffs and landings. After this, these tyres are no longer useful and are retired.
