Inside Super Advanced Factory Producing $6000 Plane Tyres

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[@johnlucier5654]

Bought many Michelin tires in 40 years. Motorcycles, sports cars, minivans. Never disappointed, they were at the upper price range but handled the best and were good against punctures. All were made in their own factories not outsourced like a lot of big brands do now. I have Michelin defender T&H on my honda odyssey now, best you can get for that application.

[@imagereader_9]

As an exercise in exacting design and manufacture, the landing gear mechanisms for large aircraft are things of beauty. Totally under appreciated by most of the flying public. That 777 main gear assembly seen at 07:37 is, in my view, a work of technological art.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Not just art. Stopping something that large without completely melting is a feat of unimaginable engineering.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

If you’ve ever landed in an airliner, thank the people who designed, and fabricated these marvels. It’s unreal the amount of force these tires have to endure during their short life.

[@rodwilliams2782]

I am thinking we at A/A were getting around 200-230 landings out of our Good Year tires and the max retread was 2-3 not sure on that part

[@bret9741]

300,000 flight hours on the 787 engine cannot be correct. Aircraft are typically retired at less than 100,000 hours. My guess is 40,000-60,000 hours top on an engine. We changed our engines every 20,000 hours or less

[@Robert-cu9bm]

They must be using Toyota engines.

[@bret9741]

@@Robert-cu9bm GE, Pratt and Rolls-Royce

[@Robert-cu9bm]

@@bret9741 Gone over your head... Toyota makes engines that last, and known for their reliability (300,000) it was a joke.

[@davidsteer8142]

Yeah I agree. One zero too many in her narration.

[@peterklingstrom9115]

34 years between service 😇

[@SuiLagadema]

Am I the only one who noticed that flawless landing from the C-17? (0:36) Now that was smooth.

[@JeffreyLangfels]

20,000 hours on wing is pretty exceptional for an engine. You may want to check your numbers. 300,000 hours is about 34 years.

[@bigredc222]

It's closer to 3000 hours.

[@WilliamWBG]

I went directly to comments after hearing that 300,000 number to see if anyone else was shocked to hear such a large number. That can’t be correct.

[@LarrywyattPercocet]

I was thinking the same thing, that's seems extreme... and if that's the case Amtrak Rock's!!

[@flyonbyya]

300,000?? Their life is a small fraction of that

[@rizdalegend]

You think fact checking is their priority?

[@johnpartridge7623]

It's good that we, the public are allowed to see the strenuous testing of Landing Gear for Aircraft on Videos like this, it gives People the confidence to get on an Aircraft & get off safely, but it still beggars belief that Planes the size of the Ukraine's Antonov, Boeing's 777 etc can take-off & land with Tons of Cargo time & time again with ease, very good Video 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Kraken9911]

I'd love to have had one of these cushy looking aviation industry jobs in France. Looks like highly secure and well paid work.

[@alexanderSydneyOz]

Given that it is almost impossible to fire anyone in France, I am sure it is highly secure.

[@MrFIZZYMann]

@ 10:30 it Says; Engine Over-Haul After 300,000 Flight Hours, Can't Be, 300,000 Hours = 24 Hours / Day x 365 Days / Year x ~ 34 1/2 Years of Continuous Usage = NO Way !

[@patrickpepper4587]

Prior to retiring, I spent 40 years in aviation as both a maintenance technician and pilot and the 300,000 hours between overhauls got my attention too. I think whoever wrote the script for her to read needs to go back and check the engine specs ...

[@williamgutierrez1037]

I’m glad somebody else picked up on that mistake as well

[@stealthassasin1day291]

Google does confirm it can cost up to $6000 for a single commercial plane tyre and even less depending on which plane tyre. Seeing planes have between 6 to 18 tyres, it really adds up really fast.

[@garystewart3110]

that must be in the UK. in the USA we don't have tyres. : )

[@johnlucier5654]

​@@garystewart3110yeah wondered what they meant. Was it tires? Then just say so. Youd think they put engines under their boots in the UK, how silly. When are they going to learn proper English? Oh wait...

[@sjt66]

Wow , I hope the tires last forever! Biden prices emerging!

[@sjt66]

@@johnlucier5654,. Yes, the Americans cleaned up their English!

[@zorbakaput8537]

@@sjt66 No they didn't they use American ( that isn't by definition English)

[@guyrogers3410]

300,000 hours between engine rebuilds is longer than most aircraft can be expected to fly!

[@nostanz2861]

Shes mistaken. I'm an aircraft mechanic for United and before I left their oldest airplane was a 757 with 120k hours.

[@yooper2186]

Well let’s see…40 hrs a week x 52 weeks in a year=2080 hrs. 300,000 % 2080= 144 yrs. Sounds spot on to me.

[@lenny108]

10:52 The more comfort people seek, the harder they have to work. We work hard, hard, hard. Still, there is no end. Another engine replacement, another repair.

[@iseiyoulaitre]

I remember we had problems with retreads from two different manufacturers for medium sized aircraft. We had to collect the damaged wheel sets and ship them to each manufacturer. I think in the end the DOM insisted on no more retreads. It was pretty costly as the tires were not high on cycles and sometimes damaged wheel assys and brakes.

[@lullimuppi]

Airplanes are something very special.

[@cdnmetelhead4013]

I am impressed by footage from a Michelin plant. Michelin prefers to keep their information very confidential.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

I wonder how many Stars their cafeteria has.

[@cdnmetelhead4013]

@@Robert-cu9bm Good one ☝️

[@leneanderthalien]

the biggest difference by Michelin is the internal structure, and whe did see nothing from...

[@kenlewis2353]

Serviced or replaced every 3000 take off and land cycles. this is about 4/5 years flight time, but they do have minor maintenance and services in between.

[@tanthiennguyen9308]

Vielen Dank allen Mitarbeitern an Kompetenz Arbeitsplätzen Zufrieden haben können bitteschön Betrachten Wertigkeit für Menschheit Qualifiziert Lebensmitteln brauchen immer Labors Institutionen Checken für Cremme Füllungen haben

[@BB-dp4kh]

Captain's log and aircraft log are two different things..aircraft logs stay with the plane...the captain takes his log with him

[@jinnam6822]

thank you

[@ursabiagabuya3643]

salamat sairport nga ang ligid kay lambogini piro super dako parihas sa airplane hahahaha salamat kaayo.

[@newworldtech2022]

It's incredible !

[@ursabiagabuya3643]

rock in roll to the world time out to work na ngayon alas 6 na ang time na ko. dre sa computer system

[@thireshannaicker4078]

Very interesting. Nice to learn about Aviation especially if you mechanically minded

[@Robert-cu9bm]

Every good chef wants to be recognised by a tyre manufacturer.

[@juanjorge5563]

وأخيرا أين نحن العرب من هؤلاء الناس ؟!!!

[@redsrollingnow1]

A great video - extremely informative . . . . thank you! 😎

[@eddy8828]

Fascinating 👍👏

[@mr_b605]

The way she says goodbye 🥰

[@naijainnit]

This was a great documentary. Learned a lot.

[@Vladpryde]

Using retreads is how you get road alligators on the highway.

[@Wildlifesupernannyfan]

Best type of tyre ever!!! Just 4 planes

[@meyg1]

300'000 flight hours or operating hours, isn't it a little bit too much for a tire who last maximum 3'000 to 5'000 hours?

[@harrywagner3877]

I believe the 300,000 hrs refers to engines -- which seems like an awful lot of time to me.

[@johnlucier5654]

No theyre incredibly advanced they said. Good for 5,000,000,000,000 years.

[@Paliony777]

Routinely they check those every 10k hours or like 3k cycles, give or take depending on a plane. With expendables replaced like pumps and so on. 2 years should be fair to say.

[@pipus4444]

@6:40, the yellow structure to test the landing gearat Heroux Devtek, i built them when i was working in the Metal fabrication industry.

[@Priestbokmei1]

I really enjoyed this video!😀

[@ronliebermann]

Louisville used to have one of the biggest aircraft tire maintenance facilities in the United States. Hundreds of workers changing airplane tires all day. But the Aircraft Maintenance Union would protect even the laziest employees. Finally, the customers got so tired of the Union that they moved the company to Brazil. One guy told me that you didn’t even have to do anything at the company. Just show up.

[@Mostopinionatedmanofalltime]

I’m live in Louisville. I know about that company. I think they still have a small facility over in Riverport. Unions are job killers.😢

[@hughsmith7281]

Thank you!

[@wasanaboxing]

Exalant Thank for sharing my friend ❤

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Excelent.

[@A6Legit]

Disassembly of a 777 engine looks fun

[@MixiVideos1102]

[@israelvaldezflores6820]

Excelente

[@Anony_Mouse_V]

@11:11 "The engine is certified for 300,000 flight hours" huh !! That's 34 years in the air , cant be right ..

[@donooetomo5213]

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[@cassidybb10]

Neat video. But thought this was about the tires?

[@peterantonic6923]

300,000 flight hours for engines. 😳 I don’t think so.

[@perrylc8812]

Sure engine overall every 34 years sounds good. 😂

[@vitsirosh3722]

Each engine weighs 8.5 tonnes. Imagine the thrust it needs to provide just to lift itself. Then add the fuselage wings a hoard of people and jet fuel

[@darryldee467]

11:09 300,000 hours if ran 24/7 would be 34 years. 🤔?

[@tonydipinto]

Yea, that has to be a mistake

[@sindobrandnew]

2:49 Looks so satisfying

[@jahonmirzomamatov7449]

Класс 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 я из Узбекистан👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@akidaban]

Formidável 👏👏👍👏👏👍👍👏👍

[@jimklyman9602]

I don't believe the engine rebuild hours is correct (around time stamp 10:20) as 300,000 hours is a little over 34 years, when planes are looking at retirement. I'd hope the engines were rebuilt more frequently.

[@user-vg7jc7hy6z]

One Tyre cost $6000 Passengers should be thankful and spend well

[@johnwilkes8847]

I worked as a helo mech for 5 years and $6000 sounds too low of a price for some reason. Some very basic "aviation grade" equipment/hardware easily exceeds that cost

[@cahitkarakaya8054]

Thank you.

[@truesailor45]

waw amazing exelent

[@imransharif443]

Nice machinery good technology

[@mobius4892]

Never understood why they dont make a tread pattern that would make them spin in flowing air even if only half of the ground speed... still would be a drastic difference!

[@roaldw6621]

to heavy, would cost more to operate then it saves. is one. unbalance, vibrations disturbance from airflow are a few others rom spinning wheels

[@MinkieWinkle]

Touching down safely is far more important. As such the treads are designed with the biggest threat in mind, aquaplaning. The cost of replacing a tyre is pennies compared to losing control. Or not being able to stop/ rolling off the runway.

[@BrorGertrud]

5 min tyre manufacturing and 10 min other plane stuff.

[@jamesbond8608]

It is not a hydraulic press it is a hydraulic jack!

[@marcusmp72025]

If someone comes in and doesn't feel like doing they job to the Fullest Game Over.

[@rodwilliams2782]

I don't think there is an aircraft engine out there that will go 300.000 hrs. between overhaul as stated in this article.

[@Robert-cu9bm]

A Toyota one.

[@rodwilliams2782]

@@Robert-cu9bm A Toyota one though it is not an aircraft turbin engine will not go anywhere near 300.000 hours good try .

[@Askharr]

For some reason I imagined the tires would cost a lot more.

[@cenkmuzuri3622]

Ty.

[@neilhaas]

That's a lot of money cash. Tires are very important for a plane.

[@rick928]

If they had a device that spun the tires to the same speed as the plane when landing, the tires would probably last twice as long.

[@mr-js9is]

Don’t you think if it was possible, or that theory would work, They Would…..? Lmao

[@rick928]

@m r when the wheels hit the runway and you see that smoke coming off them, that causes a 'flat spot' You only have to watch a F1 race to see how bad that is for a tire. A simple electric motor can rotate the wheel to match the speed of the landing plane, thus eliminating 'flat spot' at the point when the wheel hits the runway?

[@johnlebzelter4208]

@@mr-js9is don’t waste your time. He’s just a low life troll.

[@ayanaalemayehu2998]

@@rick928 the angular momentum of the spinning wheels would mess up the control of the plane

[@transformer889]

@@ayanaalemayehu2998 it is the gyro effect of the wheels

[@StudioTechno-vl5rj]

Wow........amazing 😱

[@blackmamba3427]

Awesome video

[@venatorclass9334]

That must be fun job Making a new one everytime somebody crashes lol 😂

[@dogefromthefuture]

- why don't they spin the tires up to speed before landing? -you could do it with such a tiny little motor - then you wouldn't have the tires wear out as fast, and you wouldn't have to scrape clean the runway / runway lights all the time

[@MinkieWinkle]

The weight of the equipment and cost would not be worth it. And more mechanical failure points, those wheels weigh hudreads of lbs. A motor to get them up to speed would need to be huge, and one per a wheel, 16 wheels and 2 forward wheels. The added cost of maintenance and weight would cost more than just replacing the tyres Landing safely is the priority. Furthermore, most ware on the wheel is done when taxiing on the ground, not necessarily from the landing

[@anthonymcneill1465]

Michelin makes bicycle tires too.

[@jaso5114]

This video is full of inaccuracies

[@takerushinjo8658]

Michelin is the best tyre of the world.👍

[@simontaylor2319]

If they use Michelin tyres, they should fix a Michelin Man to the front of the fuselage. "tyres should be "switched out"? "changed", surely

[@mikekincaid7412]

I was a crew member on C 141s In the Air Force .. 20.000 hrs was about it for a jet transport . 300.0000 hrs .. ?? That was the days of Columbus.. pay attention to the facts your given lady.

[@Ken_oh545]

Yes it's numeric dyslexia (whatever that's called)

[@wannamontana4130]

@10:11 .... what is that black dot following the tail section of the plane?

[@tjhess2]

It's a trailing cone with an atmospheric sensor on a tether. It is used on new aircraft when in flight testing for certification.

[@wannamontana4130]

@@tjhess2 really? That’s interesting. What metrics are they testing on a certification?

[@tjhess2]

@@wannamontana4130 For that particular sensor, it's atmospheric and static air pressure behind the plane. There's plenty of information about it on the internet.

[@endangocm3106]

Mantap mase kren semangat

[@arashyusefi1889]

Thanks you so much 💕😊👍🙏❤️💟☺️🥰

[@catfish252]

10:20 300,000 flight hours? Maybe 3,000 flight hours certainly not 300,000 hours.

[@alecstaley1017]

It looked like he was picking a lock to get in haha

[@neilfoss8406]

If Michelin is willing to recap a casing for a commercial aircraft (staking their reputation in doing so) application. I will be happy to know it's their recap my life depends on. People assume new is best. I disagree. New items can fail and do fail. They totally check that casing out to make sure it is all good before recapping it. Now that can be better than new because it unlike new has been proven to be good. To me that makes it better than new. Michelin are the best they know what they are doing.

[@blindspott1060]

Worked for a tire company for 40 years...never sold a tyre.

[@benische]

200psi in one of those tires!

[@Surferjo]

HAPPY NEW YEARS 2023/................

[@onlinetoughguy7530]

That airbus Beluga is addorable

[@bradjames6748]

Gotta be more than 6000.00 my front tires on the dump truck are 3200.00

[@rickwidlund3512]

Great video.

[@HolyCannolis]

The average commercial airline tire loses a pound of rubber compound per landing…pretty crazy.

[@jimthomas1989]

Did anyone remember seeing these massive tires at the Pentagon on 911 ? How about the 2 giant 10 foot engines ? How about the 2 giant airplane wings ? How about the airplane fuselage ? Any dead bodies ? That's because it was a missle that hit the Pentagon fired from an American Air Force Pilot flying an American Air Force Plane ! Where exactly did hijackers get a missle when all they had was box cutters ?

[@davidvater8626]

What are Plane Tyres? Are they related to Plane Tires?

[@StarrDust0]

that dude at the end seems to have the easiest job in the world...lucky him.

[@davedixon2068]

That dude at the end was the guy signing off the various jobs so he is responsible for all those people flying in it flying safely, he has normally years of experience and a huge amount of training, so not the easiest job in the world one of the hardest.

[@StarrDust0]

@@davedixon2068 Oh give me a break, he's just making sure every seat, compartment, etc are working properly...it's not like he has to make sure the fuel was entered in the correct amount and units, or that the planes critical systems are working. You're that seat-checker guy right? lol

[@davedixon2068]

@@StarrDust0 the guy is a licenced aircraft engineer , type rated probably A,C,&E rated, courses that are not easy to pass and expensive to pay for and as I say he is RESPONSIBLE on his signature for that aircraft being released to service, I doubt from your post whether you actually know what the word responsibility means but try googling licenced aircraft engineer and you might get an inkling of what actually happens before an aircraft can fly

[@iah145ca]

300,000 flight hours between engine changes!

[@JxH]

5 minutes between major factual errors in these sorts of videos !!

[@keithd5181]

You would think that she would know the difference between a tyre and a wheel.

[@madhavsajit6351]

300,000 hours between engine overhauls? That's 34 years. Pretty sure that's not how it works

[@andrewsmactips]

11:10 "The engine is good for another 300,000 flight hours." So let's say the plane flies for ten hours a day, seven days a week: That's eighty two years between overhauls. Sure. You bet. Whatever.

[@HuyQLe-fe1qp]

1 airplane tire equals to my used Honda Civic. Indeed.

[@GEricBromley]

Not 300,000 hrs. More like 20,000 eng. flight hours hrs.(EFH) on average, for wide body jets (long haul). For narrow body jets(usually short haul) , eng. flight cycles (EFC) rather than EFH may determine overhaul time.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

I think they meant that the turbines are good for 3,000 hours, not 300,000 hours as 300,000 hours is equivalent to 34.2 years. I know that modern turbofans are good, but I don't think that they are that good.

[@raulmunoz8693]

Traduzcan por favor!!

[@tscs8508]

So it starts with tyres and then ending up talking about landing gear and other compartment for a airplane ?????

[@roncooke2188]

They also make tyres for bicycles to

[@kyleconger6544]

Ive seen bolts cost more than that.