As I recall from Test Pilot School days, it's been tried but it increased the required runway length. Tires were cheaper than runways.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Craig via Mercedes ... > Several years ago I submitted to NASA Tech Briefs Idea Contest my idea of > putting curved sheet metal "buckets", not unlike those of water turbines, on > the wheels of aircraft to spin up the wheels and tires when the landing gear > was deployed so there would not be sudden angular acceleration of the > wheels at touchdown. > > They were not interested. > > But I still don't see why that would not be a good idea. Grant? > > > Craig > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
