This is the most satisfying video I've ever seen. Slow-motion footage of an A380's weight on wheels during touchdown

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manofmystry@reddit

Out of curiosity, I looked up info about A380 tires.

The cost per tire is $5,000-$7000. That's $110,000-$154,000 per complete replacement of all 22 tires on the aircraft (20 body, 2 nose).

They have an average duty-cycle of 250 landings for body gear, and 500 landings for nose gear.

Operators generally retread them up to seven times to save money. The tires are filled with nitrogen to handle extreme temperature changes.

The maximum takeoff weight of an A380 is 1,268,000 lbs, while maximum landing weight is 868,600 lbs. That's an incredible amount of force being applied when this beast lands.

Engineering is fucking amazing!

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Facuk_@reddit

Honestly, $5,000 per tire that can hold up to 250 landings for aircraft this size doesn't sounds too bad

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Mruniversee@reddit

Thats only 20$ per tire per landin, pretty darn efficient

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MattyS71@reddit

Not gonna lie, I forwarded the first 13 seconds.

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Old-Library5546@reddit

How long do the tires last?

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justsomedad22@reddit

It is very dependent on a lot of different factors such as temperature and what airports but probably is around every 300 landings.

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Old-Library5546@reddit

Thank you

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No-Flatworm-404@reddit

I wish I was smart enough to have been an engineer..

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ZippyDan@reddit

I also wish you had been smart enough.

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r1Rqc1vPeF@reddit

The A380 (and probably now other Airbus aircraft) has an optional feature called brake to vacate. Pilot chooses the point on the runway where he wants to leave it. The aircraft system then automatically apply the optimum braking force to bring the aircraft down to the correct speed to exit the runway at the defined point. Pilot does not need to apply the brakes.

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arizonadeux@reddit

Mandatory A380 brake test video.

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MaPaRR@reddit

To think the first 747's and similar aircraft had the earliest computer software, maybe none at all, and they were able to develop functional landing gear, etc..

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walex19@reddit

Yep, the 350 has it too.

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IM_REFUELING@reddit

Pretty sure the 350 has it at the very least. A buddy of mine did 350 sims for his ATP-CTP and was amazed at how ancient military aircraft are in comparison.

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sixmilefinal@reddit

380 has it too.

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JoyousMN_2024@reddit

Damn. The level of automation in modern airliners is just amazing. Makes me feel very safe and secure. (I do know that automation can also breed complacency, but I think we've learned so many lessons about that over the last 2-3 decades that it's not nearly the issue it once was)

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Long_Pomegranate2469@reddit

Automation is great unless it's a Boing MAX

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crankbaiter11@reddit

are they already spinning?

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BobBartBarker@reddit

I need to call her.

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old-wise_bill@reddit

Someone get that cameraman a blo.. I mean beer

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2beatenup@reddit

Wait are the rear ones supposed to touch down first?

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HenkDeVries6@reddit

Only to be ruined by Comic Sans

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thealchemist1978@reddit

A380? Are you sure that's not a 747?

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Random61504@reddit

Yes, considering the 747 doesn't have 6 tires on any of it's gear bogies, and it also doesn't have any that tilt forward. This is most definitely a 380.

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SnapsMcGhee@reddit

Great camera work to boot.

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quartersoldiers@reddit

I’ve always wondered: when are the brakes applied on these large airliners? I assumed it’s on right away, so it surprised me that the they continued freewheeling when the bugies bounced off the tarmac.

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justsomedad22@reddit

At the soonest it would be when the weight is fully on the wheels and the nose gear has touched down. If you brake before the nose wheels touch down you can slam the gear down causing damage or even it to collapse.

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Golem_King@reddit

Not sure how the logic on the A380 works, but it will also have anti skid. So between that and probably not having the oleos compressed enough to trip the weight on wheels sensors would allow the wheels to continue to spin

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doskkyh@reddit

I reckon they wait for full contact to brake, otherwise they'd risk flat spotting the tyres after a bounce.

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Long_Pomegranate2469@reddit

How much does one of those wheels cost? How long do they last?

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justsomedad22@reddit

The wheels are typically rated for a 50,000 mile life. However the maintenance is on condition so some go less and some go more. The tires are changed every couple hundred landings. As far as cost I believe these would be in the range of $100,000.

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CoreyAtoZ@reddit

What does it look like in real life?

That seems clearly to be something like flight sim.

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dporiginal3@reddit

Thank you so much for not cropping this to vertical so we can properly see this beauty!

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KarmaCommando_@reddit

The A380 is definitely one of those things that looks like it shouldn't be possible

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--TheSolutionist--@reddit

This can't be an Airbus because it looks like a Boing!

It's not everyday you can turn an airplane name into an onomatopoeia. 🙂

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No_Cranberry1853@reddit

Bouncy Bois

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sourcefourmini@reddit

Like galloping horses

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jimirs@reddit

"boing boing"

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can_i_has_beer@reddit

it's an airbus man

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Coreysurfer@reddit

The C5s trolleys are jealous )

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misha_jinx@reddit

It’s kinda amazing to see how these tires can hold up to that weight.

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NinerEchoPapa@reddit

This youtube channel used to post videos like this all the time that were really good. Then it got sold and started uploading rubbish.

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Wonderful_Citron_518@reddit

Let me guess, flugsnug? I used love his channel but then it turned rubbish. Unsubscribed a few years back.

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Cadet_BNSF@reddit

That is what the watermark in video says

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Wonderful_Citron_518@reddit

I saw that after I posted but I recognised it pretty immediately.

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General174512@reddit

"I have to go from 0km/h to over 200km/h in less than a second. You have no idea"

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anun4h@reddit

Poetry in motion

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Adventurous_Ad_4145@reddit

That is what they say

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