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Old 13th Dec 2010, 16:04
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SNS3Guppy
 
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A complete waste of time, just stick with regular air.
Most of your tyre heat is generated by the brakes as well, not by the myth of the tyre sidewalls flexing and thus causing all the heat in the tyre.
This is untrue. While obviously brake use heats a brake and wheel assembly, sidewall flex accounts for significant heat rise. In large heavy aircraft, this can have a significant impact on brake energy determinations, just from taxiing the aircraft.

The fact is that in an automobile, the underinflation is the primary cause of blow-outs, largely due to heat rise. The reason for the heat rise is sidewall flex.

In large aircraft, sidewall flex, sans brake application, causes substantial heat rise during a long taxi. At maximum weights, one can heat brakes substantially without hardly any use, due to the tires getting hot during taxi and subsequent heat transfer.
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