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To: Jack Hydrazine

How easy is it to let the air out of an airline tire?


8 posted on 06/18/2014 9:32:57 AM PDT by Citizen Zed ("Freedom costs a buck o five" - Gary Johnston, TAWP)
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To: Citizen Zed

“How easy is it to let the air out of an airline tire?”

Good question.

http://www.boeing.com/commercial/aeromagazine/aero_05/textonly/m03txt.html
Airplane wheel/tire assemblies are inflated to high pressures (many in excess of 200 psi).

Trying to deflate one with your finger might not be a good idea.
They do have an OPR - overinflation pressure relief valve.


12 posted on 06/18/2014 9:52:32 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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