• exasperation@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    The 787 has 8 main tires and 2 nose tires. The main tires are 218 lbs (about 100kg) and the nose tires are 114 lbs (about 50kg). So a set is roughly 1970 lbs/900kg, pretty close to a short ton. 5 metric tonnes would be about 5.6 sets of 787 tires.

    • yoriaiko@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      2 days ago

      How many starts and landing single tire can hold? quick google said 300-450? How big % of total needs that interrupt was?