Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: news From: todamhyp@unlv.edu (Brian M. Huey) Subject: Tire burn-out during landings X-Submission-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 18:06:49 GMT Message-ID: Approved: kls@royko.Chicago.COM Organization: University of Nevada at Las Vegas, College of Engineering Sender: kls@royko.Chicago.COM X-Submission-Message-ID: <1992Dec18.180649.15191@unlv.edu> Date: 20 Dec 92 16:08:05 CST I realize this a relatively basic question (I think) nevertheless: I am neither a pilot nor an airliner engineer. However, everytime I watch a airliner land, a cloud of smoke is produced when the wheels come in contact from the ground due to friction. Couldn't this cloud and the effect of friction be lessened by inducing a angular velocity upon the wheels to match the airliners speed with respect to the runway? -- DISCLAIMER: I can neither confirm nor deny any opinions expressed in this article directly reflect my own personal or political views and furthermore, if they did, I would not be at liberty to yield such an explanation of these alleged opinions.