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Aviation experts baffled after British Airways A380 lands at Heathrow with a SQUARE tire
An astonishing picture has emerged of a square-shaped tyre on a British Airways A380 that touched down at London's Heathrow Airport. (www.dailymail.co.uk) さらに...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
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Looks like tire was flat with a small leak, and at high altitude remaining air was evacuated from tire, thus the square shape... when it shrunk, it sealed the leak off and kept its shape... my opinion...
I think this is a reasonable and plausible explanation.
What is meant by the weight *distribution* being different between a 747 and an A380?
Sounded odd to me also. I think it just comes down to, if you can't dazzle them with brilliance then baffle them with bullsh1t!
Consider the source, it is the Daily Mail after all.
Guess #1: Tire lost pressure at or after takeoff as advertised possibly due to bead leak...as aircraft climbed, outside pressure decreased and inside tire differential pressure increased enough to reseal bead and hold static pressure...as aircraft descended, outside pressure increased pushing in on the tire causing it to buckle in geometrically to a square. By luck of where one square side ended up, I don't think the tire ever rotated at touchdown. This thought comes to me due to the experience of having a round water bottle that I put the lid on at altitude turn into a mostly square bottle after decent. Strange things happen.8>)