What are aircraft tires made of?

Question

What are aircraft tires made of?

Answer 1

rubber and inflated with Nitrogen

Answer 2

Same materials as automobile tires. But there are some differences. They have a lot more threads than auto tires. They are fitted with fuse plugs, so they can inflate after exceding a certian temprature, rather than exploding. They are designed to channel water away to prevent hydroplaning.

Answer 3

Aircraft tires are a combination of SYNTHETIC RUBBER, ELASTOMERS & BUTYL RUBBER.

Additional Information:

Aircraft tires are usually inflated with nitrogen or helium in order to minimize expansion and contraction from extreme changes in temperature experienced during flight. Dry nitrogen expands at the same rate as other dry atmospheric gases, but common compressed air sources may contain moisture, which increases the expansion rate with temperature. Aircraft tires generally operate at high pressures, up to 200 psi (13.8 bar) for airliners and even higher for business jets.

Answer 4

Pixiedust

Thats a stupid question

Answer 5

Thick high density rubber like material and also Kevlar for added strength.

Answer 6

Rubber, well actually tires haven't been made of rubber for over 20 years but everyone still calls it rubber. What is different is what they put in them.

If air was used the pressure would change in flight and could blow the tire so the use nitrogen which has little compression.

Answer 7

Rubber and etched or embedded near the tire shoulder area is the numbers of ply.

Answer 8

Aircraft tires are made of the same materials as auto tires... They're just built to different specifications.

Answer 9

rubber

Answer 10

rubber like any other tire

Answer 11

rubber and filled with a special gas.

if it was oxygen, the tires would explode on landing

Answer 12

They are made of rubber.  Like most other tires.