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Old 11th Oct 2007, 11:10
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Milt
 
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JF raises a good point but being tubeless then very soon after the tyre moves on the rim I reckon that the high pressure nitrogen will find ways to escape. Potential results - either a failure during the take off roll or a flat on landing.

Once did a max braking test in a heavy Valiant imparting design limiting energy to the brake units. Something like 140 million ft pnds. Two tyre failures and brake fires towards the end of the roll out. The stripped brake units looked terrible after being doused in dry powder extinguishent. The tyre carcasses seemed to be intact with failures apparently occurring at the rims or perhaps the wheel blow out plugs let go. Cannot recall the detail in the test results.
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