The Hypnotic Process of Emergency Aircraft Tires Repair

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[@Starkman3]

This video only shows "CHANGING" aircraft tires, no repairs, and then the rest is about railroad wheels. Who titled this bogus video?

[@invokeralesn2308]

TV

[@PTuma89]

😆😆🤣🤣 I was literally just saying those words in my head then read your comment

[@rtrosid9991]

Ini

[@Alan_Stinchcombe]

Also fails to distinguish clearly between wheels and tyres/tires.

[@bicivelo]

Yeah, horrible editing

[@patrickskelly7520]

Been working aircraft since 1978. 23 years military and the rest as a certified A&P AMT. There is no such thing as an emergency tire repair. You change the damn thing and be done with it.

[@jayreiter268]

So true. There have been dangerous times with tires. always deflate the tire. Some dangerous times. When wheel half bolt fail. When enough bolts fail the wheel will burst when the axel nut is released. Or when the bead edge cracks the tire could jump the rim. I have seen a mechanic remove the shrader valve. I did not have that nerve. I would get the spike.

[@patrickskelly7520]

@@jayreiter268 agree, I have witnessed a wheel splitting while servicing with air. Once when on the aircraft and once when in the cage.

[@albatros621]

@@jayreiter268 I don't like to remove the valve either, way too noisy. I made a tool, I just screw a screw in a cap and drill 2 holes in the side to let the N2 escape. Work fine.

[@mohammadnoormauludadnan1847]

It will be interesting to see in flight tyre change...

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Where to start? "Solid tires" means non -pneumatic, not used on aircraft. No airplane has payload of 250 tons. Somebody does not understand the difference between aircraft gross weight, useful weight, and payload. Impact on landing is not a major factor in tire wear. The highest stress on an aircraft tire occurs on takeoff roll, and most tire wear occurs during braking after touchdown. I have never heard of tire replacement rules based on number of landings. Aircraft tires are probably the most common example of what is known as on-condition replacement. It may need replacement after one landing, but usually it is tread wear limits, flat spots from skids or hydroplaning, low pressure, cracks in sidewall, or even having been on the same axle as another tire that was found to be at low pressure, increasing the load on the remaining wheel. In the real world, a tire may continue in service for an extra day after reaching the tread wear limits because the mechanic has a hangover or does not want to change a tire in sub-zero temperatures. "Rupture during touchdown" is going to occur only if the tire is damaged or at low pressure OR the touchdown was so severe that the whole airframe will have to be inspected for damage. Once again, the tires are under maximum stress at takeoff, not landing. Aircraft wheels do not "bolt to struts." They typically contain bearings that slide onto the axle, and are retained by a threaded nut on the end of the axle. On many aircraft, the axle is not an integral part of the strut, but is clamped into a boss in the strut. On trains, wheel screech is caused by friction between wheel flanges and rails on curved sections of track. Flat spots on tires (yes, steel tires are still tires) cause an obvious thump-thump sound as the wheel rolls.

[@bobmiller2921]

171k pounds max payload

[@kensingtonchapp4819]

I'm a locomotive engineer for a large US railroad, and you are 100% correct about train wheels. I came here to say what you said, but you beat me to it haha

[@dperreno]

Yeah, only 16 seconds into the video and already it looks like it's gonna be a train wreck...

[@user-wq7jj9zr9r]

@@dperreno Guess they should have replaced the squeaky wheel.

[@skunkjobb]

Well, the An-225 could actually take 254 tonnes of cargo but a few weeks ago, the only aircraft of its kind was destroyed by the damn Russians so now you are right about that.

[@DJea-ni2yk]

As a licensed American A&P Mechanic I can honestly say that in my 30+ years of Aircraft Maintenance, I have NEVER ONCE "repaired" an aircraft TIRE!!! AND, it's just not done! The tire is either "good to go" , OR you replace it!!!

[@badiskebsisi6541]

Me as well

[@Se7enAte]

Even someone only going through any decent A&P program should be able to tell you that. The only time any aircraft tires are "repaired" are when the manufacturer is doing a refurb, similar to how props are serviced. Very very few general mechanics will "repair" a tire or prop even though we are technically allowed to, unless you work at a specialized facilty. I've replaced quite a few tires, depending on where/what you work and the owner/operators wishes, sometimes you might replace only the tire and keep the wheel or replace the entire wheel assembly

[@BobWiersema]

No recaps?

[@Horstroad]

As an EASA licensed engineer I can confirm that. Aircraft maintenance is performed under part 145 while the repair of components is performed under part 21 subpart G. We are not allowed to preform any repairs on components, we can only replace them with new or refurbished ones.

[@L34dF4rm3r]

Yup.

[@paulmckelvey3856]

Flats on train wheels occur when the wheel is locked by a brake, and the car is dragged along the track. It makes a distinctive “bam, bam!” When the brake is released and the flattened wheel rolls. - Old ConRail Engineer

[@Aeronaut1975]

In skateboarding, this is quite common, and is called "flat spotting".

[@francisschweitzer8431]

I’m not so sure they were using “FLAT TIRE” in that context. They were referring to the angle of the wheel as it gets FLATTENED from use /wear. All train TIRES ( they call them that ) and like a cone. This centers the wheels / axle assembly on the rails and keeps the flanges off of the inside of the rail. In conjunction with the shape of a proper tire face… is the Rail itself as it is angled slightly to the center of the track gauge

[@stevo68]

Once the wheels fall out of spec, are they able to weld and re-machine them, or are they thrown out?

[@scudosmyth784]

@@francisschweitzer8431 I was also led to believe the `tyres` had a cone shape to allow for the slightly different rotational speed on a set of wheels as it goes round a bend and the `screeching noise` due to the wheels sliding slightly in one direction to compensate.

[@tomlee9534]

And the squealing on curves is the flange against the rail not a flat spot.

[@h0udinl]

I came to watch only aircraft and got pleasantly surprised about the train stuff thank you for the video fluctus

[@DogRedful]

The use of “emergency” tire change in this video is overblown. Except for a rare tire blown on landing or perhaps a rejected take off, wheel and tire assembly replacement is very routine maybe maintenance. The in fact, the vast majority of tires on large aircraft are replaced at well before reaching any any safety limitations to facilitate recapping them. Retired USAF C-5, C-17, C-130, C-141 and E-3A 1mechanic/flight engineer from 1985 to 2014.

[@francisschweitzer8431]

@@DogRedful agreed… improperly labeled. ( KC - 135 / A-10 crew chief) 1981-1993

[@robertheinkel6225]

@@francisschweitzer8431 as a 135 crew chief, we had an incident. Our tanker landed at another base, and blew out all eight tires. They tried to blame the crew chief for improper inflation, but couldn’t prove it. Then they completely ignored the inoperative anti skid system, that had to be repaired, still convinced it was the crew chief. They also ignored the fact the tires and wheels were only ground flat in one area, meaning they were not rotating.

[@Rat-Builder]

@@robertheinkel6225 So, did they have the PROOF shoved down their throat? A flat spot on all 8 tires is a huge indicator of what the real issue was!!!!

[@55nsmooth]

I don't know how you can call it "hypnotic" when you don't show anything long enough to it to be so.

[@kenhurley4441]

You're getting sleepy,,,,, quickly?

[@sailaab]

True

[@oleandersen2228]

I find there is a constant mix up between the concepts "tire" and "wheel". A tire as what you mount on a (tire)rim, and at that point you have a wheel. Note that at some time during the train section (ca. 6:55 and 8:00), the word "tire" is used.

[@donhappel9566]

At least they didn't stoop to calling them 'rimz'

[@597ryan6]

Yes this bothered me to no end. Though technically the wheel (rim) is considered a wheel regardless of whether it has a tire installed. I laughed when she said the C-17 tires were $40k ea. You could outfit the whole C-17 for $40k lol. The wheels might be ~40k ea, but even that seems high

[@donhappel9566]

@@597ryan6 I'm an old fart - a 'wheel' has a 'rim' meaning the lip around the edge. Like the 'rim of a glass'. When I hear people say something like 'those are nice rims' my first thought is 'what, you don't like the rest of the wheel?'. Somehow today "rim" has become interchangeable with "wheel". But hey, it that's the biggest thing I have to complain about in the world that's no so bad.

[@straightpipediesel]

In the language of technical documentation, they're replacing the "tire/wheel assembly". The tire is mounted on a "wheel assembly". That's because aircraft use 2-piece wheels or "split rims". The wheel assembly consists of a number of parts, including two wheel halves, an o-ring to seal the halves, and a number of tie bolts, washers and nuts.

[@straightpipediesel]

@@donhappel9566 You're not an old enough fart. Look at a Model T: the wheel is similar to a bicycle, it has separate hub, spokes, and a rim. Structural wire wheels were common through the 60's, and are found on motorcycles and bicycles today.

[@richardschindler8822]

Funny, I’ve changed my share of aircraft tires in my day, but I never thought of it as , hypnotic, just my job. LOL

[@randomvintagefilm273]

It doesn't, just their way of getting clicks

[@ShulamitHanegbi]

Truly hypnotic repairs...

[@alerey4363]

To me, the train wheel reconditioning machine was cooler than plane tire changing.

[@marcosvonasinine4190]

As a guy who’s watched KZbin for 10+ years, I can highly appreciate the efficiency of a sharp gnife whilst conducting peanut butter and jelly

[@michaelboortz5839]

Had a roll by with a coal train and told the crew to stop and check it out…they did not due to green lights for home…in conclusion a foot long section of the train had broke off and every rotation of the wheel cracked the rail. Crew was fired and millions in repairs to the rail. Old rear brakemen report (78/79 era)

[@bobsyeruncle5557]

This can be considered vaguely interesting, but certainly not hypnotic.

[@hoofhearted1902]

really enjoyed the airplane tires when they showed all the trains... Can't wait for their underwater hot air ballooning.

[@paulkeith9680]

That sounds like a fun sport!

[@OutdoorFreedomDk]

NOT much EMERGENCY AIRCRAFT TIRE REPAIR in this video.

[@user-dv5sn2xv2y]

Thank you for sharing this video to show us that experts work hard for our life convenience.

[@jamesturner2126]

3:00 That wheel brake system is built like a top fuel dragster clutch. There are plates splined to the wheel, and sets of discs and the piston caliper slows down the wheel. Most powerful brake I've ever seen.

[@evanbeers1644]

This is why hydraulic failure in the landing gear is so bad. The aircraft brakes function like truck breaks where you need hydraulic power to *stop* breaking. If the tires don't move, then the plane spins out. And the landing gear isn't designed to take many tens of tons of force *sideways*. This is the cause of the cargo plane crash that happened in colombia.

[@patrickskelly7520]

Those brake disc float inside the wheel hub, when hydraulic pressure is applied all the disc squeeze together. Most brakes on aircraft are made of a new composite compound that never heats up when applied.

[@jamesturner2126]

@@patrickskelly7520 that is what I said. Nearly identical function as a dragster clutch. Dragster clutches are steel, and they do weld themselves together.

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

@@patrickskelly7520 Oh, Patrick, I wish such a magic compound existed. Basic physics: Any vehicle braking system system slows the vehicle by converting part of its momentum to another form of energy. With hybrid or all-electric cars, some of the energy is used to turn generators to convert momentum to electrical power for charging batteries. Airplanes do not have such generators. On ANY friction brake, no matter what the material used in its construction, the energy is converted to heat, either directly through heating of brake components or indirectly by heating a cooling medium. Pilots have access to apps in the performance computer to tell them how many pounds-foot of energy was generated during an emergency stop from a particular ground speed at a particular weight, so they generally know what is going to happen before it happens: braked wheels may require a long cooling time before the airplane can be dispatched, or the thermal fuse plugs in the wheels are going to melt very soon and flatten the tires, or the crew needs to call for immediate assistance from the crash trucks to mitigate the damage as the brakes begin to melt down. Composite brakes are lighter and can withstand higher temperatures than metal, but the exact same heat is generated by braking with any friction brake.

[@patrickskelly7520]

@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn we have new compound breaks on the aircraft I work on, they never heat up no matter how hard the pilots get on them.

[@syrhassan116]

Flange squeal and flat spots are two different things..... You'd be surprised just how big a flat spot can be before it gets changed out. Changing wheels cost money in time, manpower and equipment. It's even more so on a Locomotive (traction motors are another animal).. Flat spots on cars, are usually precipitated by not releasing the handbrake and dragging the car for a distance. A flat spot on a loaded Coal car is like running a jackhammer on the rail..... You'll know it when you hear it, and it isn't good for the rail.

[@Magnacharger07]

I was going to say wild detectors but you pretty well covered it.

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video my friend!

[@badiskebsisi6541]

It’s better to keep the parking brake set until we install the wheel it will avoid the brake disks to move and keep them align to facilitate the wheel to slide easily through the brake disks until the last one then we can release the parking brake to spin the wheel before final torque Thanks Aircraft engineer

[@125brat]

Yep, that's the easiest way if it's just a wheel change👍

[@alexandrelefebvre3847]

Big thanks from Québec Canada 🇨🇦

[@rockeerockey6941]

Trains are the new aircraft I assume!

[@supertramp6011]

This video was pretty light on interesting information.

[@786itube]

Frightening thought - that a piece of rubber/metal may separate life from death. Awesome video once again. Ta

[@peterantonic6923]

Thank you for sharing this informative video and most importantly, you used a professional voiceover lady instead of the crappy robot voices used by so many others in their videos. It was a pleasure to listen to her speak.👍👍😀😀🇦🇺🇦🇺

Interesting thank you

[@murangecatherine7879]

I am really impressed I need to learn more from KENYA

[@23merlino]

what is 'hypnotic' about aircraft tire repair... i don't even remember seeing any aircraft tire repairs in the video... and although interesting, what's with train wheels..?

[@eleventy-seven]

Both segments were great.😀😀😀

[@anjoLas]

trains ? WTF ??????

[@jcrif]

Aircraft tires are to be changed when they are worn, cut or pressure in the tire which if it is low enough might require the other tire on the same axle to be replaced and has nothing to do with time or landings. Also, emergency or not, the process is the same. Half the video is about train wheels and I'm sure there is a lot of wrong info with that.

[@Gev_nyo]

I'm pretty sure the video being shown at 6:08 is from the 2013 Metro-North accident in the Bronx that was determined to be due to excessive speed brought on by the engineer having a sleep disorder and nothing at all to do with flat spots on the wheels.

[@earllutz2663]

The big aircraft tire replacement caught my eye, but I like trains as well, and was very much interested in the segment on trains. It takes a lot, to keep up with the preventive maintenance, on both the trains & the planes.

[@Hopeless_and_Forlorn]

Congratulations, Earl, on using the word "preventive" correctly. It seems that half the world does not know that there is no such word as "preventative."

[@luigiweegee7152]

@@Hopeless_and_Forlorn people use preventative?

[@288theabe]

Very cool about the train stuff!

[@wasanaboxing]

Ooo nooo Nice❤❤ sharing my friend iam new friend

[@afterhourshotrods6882]

As an AMT of 38 years I've never heard of any aircraft that use solid tires commercial or military! Also I have never heard of any kind of a tire "repair" if a tire doesn't meet serviceable conditions it gets changed not repaired!!! Also never heard of the 120 landing's rule?¿ As far as I know a tire can remain installed on the a/c untill it is " worn to limits" or it has damage of some sort. Most tire wear is caused by pilots over breaking and taxing too fast and cornering too tight! Not the actual touch down. Also the tire n wheel assembly is attached to the Axel not the Strut as stated in the video. And the Axel is attached to the Bogie beam or truck and that is attached to the strut.

[@davidplatten9872]

Hey, you very informed person. Would you like to tell us all about aircraft nose wheel brakes. Looking forward to that one. 👍

[@tettazwo9865]

"Solid tires" ? Welcome To Florida!

[@gandhibagaskoro]

thanx u.. a new knowledge for me.

[@toupac3195]

Wichita, KS here! McConnell AFB is the best tire shop available! 😁

[@gradynace7557]

as a pilot, this hurts me.

[@rcheaven96]

How they just gonna try and play it off like we wasn’t gonna notice they stop talking about plane tires . 🤣🤣

[@chotuusian4127]

Good work

[@MYWork_Production]

Oh interesting, thanks for video:)

[@sigbauer9782]

OK, so we had planes. We had trains. But there's something that's missing...

[@osks]

Very nicely done!

[@gds5406]

Thank you, fascinating information

[@DontEatTheAnimals]

Those last few aircraft were a bit unusual.

[@augustocostaneto6030]

Muito interessante. PIÚMA, ES, Brazil.

[@luan_.64]

29/8/22 También se ponchan ✈️✈️✈️ 🤦🤦🤦, 😯😯😯. !!! Bien !!! por los talacheros/ vulcanizadora 👏👏👏

[@peacelover6057]

Nice video

[@jonbondy]

In this video, the terms "wheel" and "tire" are used interchangeably, which is incorrect. And there is nothing in this video about emergency aircraft tire repair at all.

[@allancopland1768]

Transformer Tyres.... when Aircraft tyres become train wheels... lol!

[@yhsbu]

$40,000 per tire... I should have been in the tire business.

[@jefffaller8474]

I'm a little surprised by that number even after 25 years in aerospace. Aviation is many things...but cheap isn't one of them.

[@MichaelSmith-eq5lf]

stay on point,, cripes

[@clementonche5951]

Amazing video, I love it.

[@jeffl1460]

Started out as aircraft tires repair,. Ended on a completely different track. I feel as thou she Fluctus.

[@steveyountz9184]

Pretty good job. This video stayed on 'track' much longer than usual but I applaud the effort.

[@yemsullthegr899]

anyone else lowkey happy the didnt blue ball us with the train segment i was worried it was only a sub segment and i got invested

[@hsw268]

Got planes, trains.... Where the hell are the automobiles?

[@mhobin12]

why did this go from dealing with aircraft tires too train wheels??

[@sensationsmoke9152]

how you fix train wheels by trimming them lol does the matrerial grow over time ?

[@mrquill3687]

Can’t see anything hypnotic about any of this.

[@wellsd1959]

How about spinning the tires up to speed by some means before contact with the runway?

[@Roadglide911]

Rhino Jack to the rescue. Changed tires for years and never heard of a tire being a time change item.

[@themaverick4992]

Happy Journey ❤🙏🏻

[@gregoryenste8459]

I’m ready to be hypnotized, guess not

[@kenmorford6156]

You miss quoted, aircraft tires are replaced based on GVI inspections for tread wear, damage and overall condition, not hours

[@MrGlenferd]

Old steam locomotives had steeltires shrunk on the cast centres. All diesel loco motives and train cars have one piece wheels pressed onto the axles.

[@ktl4539]

I forgot to get hypnotized...

[@chrisparish4668]

I love maintaining things... Just 1 thing what keeps humans going It's actually a cool job

[@jefffaller8474]

One of the reasons I became flight crew in the USAF after being in aircraft maintenance was because I got really tired of someone bringing me something broke to fix. I much preferred being an operator over a mechanic, but I get it some people like the mechanical aspect.

[@user-dh5ez4ep2z]

Very good

[@radoslawglebicki1975]

If my knowledge is right when plane is landing the tires wait steady for touchground. Why they don't start rotating wheels just befor touch? Less different in speed I think is better for tire.

[@subjectforyou2468]

Hi Airforce Team Plz fit Front side Extra Tyre section Meens front side only 2 tyres is there only Extra 4 weels is safe lading 100% 👌👍

[@caseykennedy9434]

What do train wheels have to do with aircraft tires that was dumb

[@midbc1midbc199]

The real amazing thing is the wheel bearing and brakes

[@birgirkarl]

I like how they repaired THE TIRES

[@jasoncarl8248]

The money that is saved when the train wheels and rail are smooth and accurate.

[@jackp8722]

truly hypnotic🙄

[@dremwolf5419]

What do rail car wheels have to do with aircraft tires. Which by the way are not repaired, they are replaced.

[@davidlarson2534]

I’ve been on a train with flat tires. All right under the car I was in. A very uncomfortable “thumping”.

[@stopbunsen]

I feel sad for the wheels that can't be saved. Good job

[@lonesomecowboy4659]

LOL. That's the same thing I was thinking too.

[@davidrobins4025]

Aircraft Tire Repair! I didn't know aircraft fly on rails.

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

wait what ! how do you go from aircraft wheels to train wheels how is that even remotely connected ?

[@mastain8227]

Top 👍👍👍👍

[@mihainicolae8141]

I don't understand why you mixed aircraft tires with train wheels in this video....

[@Kryptkeeper911]

I feel like 50% of that repair wasn’t even shown. How they get the tires on and off the wheel?

[@Friend_of_the_One-Eyed_Ladies]

TIL that aircraft have "solid tires". Uh, no they don't. Whoever put this video together doesn't know Jack.

[@luv2mx]

Solid tires?

[@andrewmartincandelaria9910]

was a crew chief for 860th AMXS in travis afb and did this on a daily basis and this pops up on KZbin lol

[@davidhoffman1278]

Rubber tires on train wheels? Rare. Mainly used on relatively light load passenger trains/streetcars. IF you design with only one axle at each end of a rail car you can significantly reduce the adverse loads on the wheels, but you end up with at least twice as many railcars to carry the same load.

[@billdurham8477]

Germany tried that on their first high speed trains, the rubber could deteriorate, then the metal tire would shatter, one came up through the floor and would have the passengers, the seat was empty.

[@luizmaia5362]

Cadê as aeronáveis de outros fabricantes?

[@willj1598]

Just a random collection of plane and train video, maybe 30seconds of changing a tire on a plane

[@bruceboone1232]

The leap from aircraft to trains was a bit much. They should have been separated but interesting none the less.

[@sferg9582]

....... good thing that rail grinding train carries 500 gallons of water!!! Now I can sleep at night.

[@Crimepaysaskapolitician]

The high pitch is actually the flange rubbing against the track during curves

[@mickyday2008]

Aircraft tyres are reused after new tread is fitted by the manufacturer several times before it is scrapped.

[@juliogonzo2718]

Kind of a ADHD moment switching to trains suddenly, but I'll take it.

[@tomstanton6952]

I thought they also get filled with nitrogen , since it’s a inert gas does not expand and contract in the hot and cold temperatures correct?

[@chrisnash6094]

Well, yes and no. Nitrogen may be used in aviation, but only because it is supplied pure and dry. This is not really important for road use. Nitrogen is more "inert" than oxygen in its chemical behaviour, but will expand with temperature in exactly the same way as other gases. The general gas equation (PV=RT) works pretty well for most gases. Note that T is absolute temperature (Kelvin), so the change in pressure between a freezing 0 Celsius and a hot desert 50 Celsius is 273 to 323 i.e. only 18%. (Fast driving will take this temperature even higher, of course.) Fine control of tyre pressure gets interesting when you look at things like tread wear and surface traction. (I've never been totally convinced by advice to lower tyre pressures in icy road conditions!). When not actually working, aircraft tyres are quite happy to be at cruising altitude with an outside air pressure of only 3 or 4 psi. And the old space shuttle orbited in perfect vacuum, of course. I always wondered if the astronauts went round and kicked the tyres to check before de-orbiting.