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Do planes have a device which can tell if one of its tyres has popped?

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  1. Just looked on Dunlop tyres website,No mention of any warning system. Concordes tyres were speed rated at 250mph though.

    It wouldn't surprise me if planes did have a warning system,I seem to remember BMW using a warning system on their cars quite a few years ago.


  2. Modern aircraft tires have TPIS or Tire Pressure Indicating System and this will show on their wheel page of their ECAM (Electronic Centralized Aircraft Monitoring) ECAM is Airbus while EICAS is Boeing. Some B747-400 have also this TPIS I think this is both an option for both manufacturers ( Users should order this TPIS)

    So I guess knowing your tire pressure you know when their popped or not.

    FYI also on this ECAM wheel page you will see atop the tire pressure value is an eye brow the thicker it is the hotter the brake is on that particular wheel. It is pulsating green when hot becomes amber when exceeds the temp value but never seen one yet only the pulsating  green.

  3. Most of the current commercial aircraft have no indication system for tyre pressure. The pre flight check includes inspection of wheels and brakes, and the daily inspection includes inspection of tyre pressure.

    If you think about it if a tyre burst on takeoff you still have to land on that wheel, it cant be fixed it in the air.

    Just to add to the guy speaking about fuse plugs. If there was a brake fire, the fusable metal within the plug will melt depressurising the tyre slowly.

  4. The vast majority don't, and there would be no point. You still have to land, and for a large plane, you wouldn't do anything different just because one tire had ruptured or failed.

  5. The tyres I believe are solid (sorta like run flats) and won't pop.  If they could pop, I dont' think they could sustain the stress of impact on landing.

  6. Yes they do

  7. No they haven't, there is a special plug, in the tyre which when the nitrogen inside reaches a certain temperature it blows out and the gas is released gently.

  8. Dont know, But tyres are only likely to puncture on landing so it would be pointless anyway.

    Then again the Concorde crash was caused by a tyre on take off, so I dont really know

  9. Small aircraft don't

  10. Yes, the devices are called pilots, or aircrew.

  11. no, when they get a flat tyre, they just call the AA, lol!!
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