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Old 2nd Dec 2004, 06:08
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Sunfish
 
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Corny, you said:

" Aircraft were designed to land with all the tyres inflated ever since Pontius was a fat bastard and don't you go saying otherwise, Miss Hugnkiss."

I reckon thats not a bad translation of the technical situation by Miss Huggnkiss.

The technical situation is something like there is a design safety factor on tyre load of at least two. Sure the other tyre will have been overstressed and scrapped, maybe the wheels as well. I'm pretty sure the axle and car (not on a 737?) are designed to handle this situation without deformation. Its not exactly an unknown or unusual hazard.

Could a real engineer please either contradict or elucidate further?
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