Spinning tyres....
People,
I heard a while ago that an ingenious engineer had developed the following idea:
If 'air vanes' were to be moulded onto the walls of aircraft tyres, in just the right shape, the airflow would spin up the tyres prior to touch down. The result of pre-spinning tyres would result in a dramatic reduction of tyre wear per landing. If true, this would seem to be a huge saving for what would be an extremely simple design incorporation.
Any comments?
Nish.