Thursday, April 15, 2004

Airplane landing gear - I hope the bolts hold

What do you think would happen, if an airplane tyre would fall down, let's say from the height of a kilometer? Underneath there's only a motorway. My scenario doesn't concider the velocity of the plane, so you know.

My options:
A) It would smack down to the asphalt causing a huge pit either onto the road or the incredibly unlucky motorist who got in the way.
B) It would bounce back into the sky like a rubberball and keep up the yoyo-movement until the gravity would eventually take over the bouncing.

Feel free to share your thoughts on this :)

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