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Old 4th Aug 2000, 19:53
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Mechcrit
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Just another angle a majority of the tyres temperature and tyre bursts come from the heat generated by the brake units hence the american termanology for brakes "Heat packs" a possible cause for the AF conc wheels exploding would have been the fact it was sat at the end of the runway holding on it's brakes whilst using it's re heat