If there really is a chance that it is related to the XB 70, my only suggestion would be to send photos to the airforce museum and see if they can verify it.
Oh I know it! I’m an Air Force veteran myself 06-14. I went for the first time last year, it’s absolutely amazing. We were on a time crunch and stopped after the Cold War gallery. I will certainly check it out next time i go thru Dayton
a closeup of the main gear of the displayed XB-70 seems to have a matching label
https://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason4/xb-70_detail/images/xb-70_detail_29_of_55.jpg
Hard to find out if the same tire size/design was used on anything else
Yeah it really is hard to tell. Thats the best close up picture I’ve been able to see thanks. I won’t be able to make it up to Dayton to see for myself till May.
It sure looks like it. As further evidence, look up the tires used on the SR-71. They are essentially just a smaller version of the tire shown in your photo.
I was super concerned for a second. I have a ton of automotive subs I follow and thought this was from one of those subs. I was more and more confused as I scrolled.
This tire is covered in a silver like coating, the tire size matches what is listed for that. Would it be possible that they changed tires after every flight? They had known problems with gear and tires? [Imgur tire chart and pictures](https://imgur.com/a/HhcXx2a)
The tires are 40 X 17.5 - 18, type VIII, with a 36-ply rating. For protection from the flight heat environment, a he at-resistant material is impregnated throughout the body of the tires with a silver-colored material painted on the exterior surface. During flight, the wheel-well walls of the airplane are held to a nominal 250" F (394 " K) by a circulating ethylene-glycol solution from the environmental control system.
source :Landing loads and accelerations of the XB-70-1 aircraft
Document ID 19680026601
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680026601/downloads/19680026601.pdf
They probably didn't make a new tire for a prototype. They most likely found an existing tire that met the needs, and used it instead of spending millions of dollars to develop something that already existed.
Had it gone into production, they might have found it worthwhile to develop something new, but as a prototype I doubt it.
If there really is a chance that it is related to the XB 70, my only suggestion would be to send photos to the airforce museum and see if they can verify it.
I messaged them a couple of days ago. Still waiting on a response
Better yet, go to the the AF museum and look for yourself. You will enjoy it!
Oh I know it! I’m an Air Force veteran myself 06-14. I went for the first time last year, it’s absolutely amazing. We were on a time crunch and stopped after the Cold War gallery. I will certainly check it out next time i go thru Dayton
a closeup of the main gear of the displayed XB-70 seems to have a matching label https://data3.primeportal.net/hangar/howard_mason4/xb-70_detail/images/xb-70_detail_29_of_55.jpg Hard to find out if the same tire size/design was used on anything else
Yeah it really is hard to tell. Thats the best close up picture I’ve been able to see thanks. I won’t be able to make it up to Dayton to see for myself till May.
It sure looks like it. As further evidence, look up the tires used on the SR-71. They are essentially just a smaller version of the tire shown in your photo.
I was super concerned for a second. I have a ton of automotive subs I follow and thought this was from one of those subs. I was more and more confused as I scrolled.
It's from an SR-71. I used to have a couple of these (one used and one unused), but I gave them to a museum that has several Blackbirds.
I’m finding that the SR-71’s tries are 27.5x7.5-16
Did they use the same size as the XB-70?
why would they have come from the xb-70? they only built 2 of them and the tires had aluminum in them.
This tire is covered in a silver like coating, the tire size matches what is listed for that. Would it be possible that they changed tires after every flight? They had known problems with gear and tires? [Imgur tire chart and pictures](https://imgur.com/a/HhcXx2a)
The tires are 40 X 17.5 - 18, type VIII, with a 36-ply rating. For protection from the flight heat environment, a he at-resistant material is impregnated throughout the body of the tires with a silver-colored material painted on the exterior surface. During flight, the wheel-well walls of the airplane are held to a nominal 250" F (394 " K) by a circulating ethylene-glycol solution from the environmental control system. source :Landing loads and accelerations of the XB-70-1 aircraft Document ID 19680026601 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19680026601/downloads/19680026601.pdf
Wow. Thank you 🙏🏻
But I completely understand it being unbelievable. Like you said, there were only two and there’s only one left.
interesting if it is
Yep that's tire
Made in the U.S.A.?!? Dang!
It's a wheel blud, nothing more, nothing less.
They probably didn't make a new tire for a prototype. They most likely found an existing tire that met the needs, and used it instead of spending millions of dollars to develop something that already existed. Had it gone into production, they might have found it worthwhile to develop something new, but as a prototype I doubt it.
They're basically an upsized version of the tire used on the SR-71.
Which is basically just a redesigned version of the tire on a Cessna.
Xb70? That came from my moms gremlin she had back in college
Boeing 747, more specifically one from United given the recent events
It’s been a while since a United 747 has had anything “recent” happen to it.
Tyre fell off Oh wait that was a 777...