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Hub slippage

The Tire and hub system in aircraft just like any other wheel, work in combination with each other to provide a smooth translation motion of the aircraft. However the forces acting on the aircraft and a car or a bike is where the difference starts. Aircraft wheel has to bear a lot of load during its rotation as compared to a car.
This is why the hub slippage is most common in aircraft and not a car or a bike. This is a phenomenon where the hub and tire slip under the immense pressure exerted by the aircraft load.
This phenomenon does not occur on all tires. Some of the tires that allow such phenomenon are:
1. All Helicopter tube tires
2. Tires having inner tube.
3. The tire pressure being less than 150 Psi.

The hub slippage is detected by painting a red paint on the hub and tire. The pain being a strip of width of 1 inch and length of 2 inch. After every take off and landing the wheel is inspected for slippage. If the alignment of the paint on the hub and the tire exceed more than 1/4 inch then the wheel assembly should be replaced.


Failure to correct tire slippage may cause the valve steam to be ripped from the tube. So this is a critical check that needs to be performed on a plane.

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