Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: chuckh@apex.com (Chuck Huffington) Subject: Re: Tire burn-out during landings X-Submission-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 23:57:30 GMT References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Apex Computer Company X-Submission-Message-ID: <1992Dec29.235730.7247@apex.com> Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Date: 29 Dec 92 22:53:50 PST In article inc@tc.fluke.COM (Gary Benson) writes: >RE: Maintenance > >Maybe there would be NO cost, for example if the tires were designed so that >their tread caught the wind and got their spin from that. Or maybe the hubs >could be fitted with fans. This has been done. I have seen old tires with molded in "scoops" on the sidewall that spun them up in the airstream. I'm not sure but I seem to recall the idea was dropped because the the additional wear on the brakes more than made up for the reduced wear on the tires. Apparently a lot of braking action occurs when the not spinning tires hit the pavement.