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Picture... Damaged Tires Or Optical Illusion?  
User currently offlineA1rl1ner1965 From Netherlands, joined May 2005, 11 posts, RR: 0
Posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5393 times:

Today I tested my new Canon 20D at Schiphol Airport.When taking a closer look at home it seems like this easyJet took off with heavily damaged tires  Wow!  Wow!  Wow!


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User currently offlineSean377 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1205 posts, RR: 52
Reply 1, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5388 times:

I doubt it, but where is the damage to which you refer?


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User currently offlineA1rl1ner1965 From Netherlands, joined May 2005, 11 posts, RR: 0
Reply 2, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5347 times:

it looks like there are two little holes in the tires on the back side.... never seen before


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User currently offlineBurnsie28 From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 6302 posts, RR: 16
Reply 3, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5343 times:

Its right behind the shine on the closest main gear tire. It just appears to be where the plane may have landed a bit harder and is therefore slightly more worn then the rest of the tire. But its likely not as bad as it looks in the picture, the light will reflect a little more of smoother surfaces then dull ones. The tires are good until wires start to show, then it needs to be replaced.


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User currently offline2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8278 posts, RR: 64
Reply 4, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5301 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Those are hoses or linkage that protrude out from between the two tires on each main gear.

Given the speed at which the tires are rotating, and the shutter speed (which resulted in blurred static structures near the runway/taxiway), you would never be able to make out wear spots that are being described.




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User currently offlineSean377 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1205 posts, RR: 52
Reply 5, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5299 times:

Is it not just some object on the gear assembly in between the 2 tyres. The same object appears on the far gear assembly too.


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User currently offline2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8278 posts, RR: 64
Reply 6, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks 1 hour ago) and read 5267 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Quoting Sean377 (Reply 6):
Is it not just some object on the gear assembly in between the 2 tyres. The same object appears on the far gear assembly too.



Right. Between the two tires on each main gear leg.




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User currently offlineMD88Captain From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 1212 posts, RR: 25
Reply 7, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 5208 times:

Hydraulic lines and no damage.

User currently offlineSean377 From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 1205 posts, RR: 52
Reply 8, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 5180 times:

Quoting 2H4 (Reply 7):
Quoting Sean377 (Reply 6):
Is it not just some object on the gear assembly in between the 2 tyres. The same object appears on the far gear assembly too.



Right. Between the two tires on each main gear leg.

I've had a quick look in the database and can't see what they actually are though. They don't seem to appear on this particular aircraft or any other A319 that I've had a quick ganders at. But I would be inclined to agree with you along the lines of hoses/linkages.

Sean


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User currently offline2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8278 posts, RR: 64
Reply 9, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 5145 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Quoting Sean377 (Reply 9):
I've had a quick look in the database and can't see what they actually are though.



Here are the best examples I can come up with on short notice...not great examples, but you can see hoses:


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User currently offline2H4 From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 8278 posts, RR: 64
Reply 10, posted (4 years 1 month 2 weeks ago) and read 5054 times:		 AIRLINERS.NET CREW
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Bingo!



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User currently offlineSmokeyrosco From Ireland, joined Dec 2005, 2112 posts, RR: 15
Reply 11, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 21 hours ago) and read 4830 times:

I've often seen bald patches on tires, it's nothing unusual, not sure what is the right time to change a tire though... on a plane that is.


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User currently offlineA1rl1ner1965 From Netherlands, joined May 2005, 11 posts, RR: 0
Reply 12, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 4480 times:

thanks everybody for your input...

conclusion of this topic:

it's an optical illusion... wideeyed 

the hole you seem to see are Hydraulic lines between the 2 tires  yes   yes 


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User currently offline797 From Venezuela, joined Aug 2005, 1569 posts, RR: 28
Reply 13, posted (4 years 1 month 1 week 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 3982 times:

BTW, That's what a Canon 20D can do! What a quality!


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