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Originally Posted by Rob Fast
......... the baloon tires on the airplane just might work for the C8???
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Please use caution when thinking about airplane tires on vehicles.
I don't worry about airpalne tires for display or a short run in a field but unlike car/truck tires that are designed to survive sustained highway speeds, airplane tires are designed for a relatively slow taxi of less than 10 miles (even at a very large airport) followed by a takeoff run of less than 3.5 miles (world's longest runway is in China, 18045 feet long). In short, they are designed for a burst of relatively high speed and then a long cooloff before the next burst, rather than the sustained speed that vehicles see, and are likely to suffer heat related failures on the highway even if running well below their maximum speed rating.