https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVwcHPDWpXc

Ever wondered how the wheels of an aircraft is changed? This 1m+ video describes how one of Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 747's 18 wheels  is changed?

Each tyre on Boeing 747 aircraft weighs 228kg and spans 56 inches from top to bottom. The whole process starts by lifting the landing gear with a Jack after which the old wheel is loosen and removed from the Boeing 747 aircraft.











Grease is then applied before a brand new wheel is securely fitted and tightened. It is then inflated with 200psi of Nitrogen. Nitrogen is used instead of water vapour in this case because water vapour would freeze when tyres are subjected to extreme cold at high altitudes .

And finally, the wheel are released from the jack back to the ground. The wide-body commercial jet airliner is then towed by a pushback  tractor and ready to fly to its next destination.



Boeing’s 747 is one of the largest passenger planes in the air.  The 747-400 variant has a high-subsonic cruise speed of Mach  0.85–0.855 (up to 570 mph or 920 km/h) with an intercontinental range of 7,260 nautical miles (13,450 km).

The 150 tons aircraft can accommodate 416 passengers in a typical three-class layout, 524 passengers in a typical two-class layout, or 660 passengers in a high–density one-class configuration.

https://autojosh.com/see-how-the-wheel-of-a-boeing-747-aircraft-is-changed/

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Amazing!!!


Last last, some aircraft operators in Nigeria will order for the used tyres for their fleet of airlines!!! No wonder planes for here dey burst and fail brake anyhow..

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Fj

Wow

Same way I change that of my bicycle. No difference.

Mechanics of machines

Me na bicycle I dey ride o... I just dey pass

GOFRONT:
Where are them Kazeems.....Work is here..come and learn!!

This one is beyond roadside skill o!

Earthbound:
Vulcaniser 2.0

Yeye boy..
Me na fuckanizer

Abeg show us the Nigerian version of how this is done am sure it's going to be quite different from this..

So they don't use vulcanizers to pump the tires, anyways it oyibo people sha. I'm sure our local airlines uses vulcanizers to pump aircraft tires and garri to patch them up.

SUV with this kind of tyres..

56inches.

I'm not too impressed, let them invent a robot to do it

Makes much sense. Great, neat and informative.

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No black in the crew

This is foganising

wow

You go soon see this used tires for naija/Africa

Ok

Agbabiaka foga, wa k'ose o ( Agbabiaka the Vulcanizer, come upgrade your skill)

NL anointed blogger. If na another person post am.now, e go remain for travel section till 2023.

kushercain:
There's a problem with NL today. Too many educative posts on fp and no cleavage baring

what is educative about this?, changing tire ?