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But why use skis when you could use studded tires like the group A WRC cars didI have ridden a motorbike many times on snow, you cant even drive a car on proper ice, with even the slightest camber in the road you slide into the gutter and stay there. Always a topic of discussion in Germany, we dont have a requirement to put winter tyres on in UK because they do nothing for what we get most "black ice" a film of ice that forms with a sudden fall in temperature
The wheels on a plane are not powered, if you put them on soft snow they sink into it.But why use skis when you could use studded tires like the group A WRC cars did
So a group A rally car weighs close to 3,000 lbs and stops just fine on TIRESI imagine planes landing are coming down faster than it looks. The tires would go right through the snow. The skis spread out the weight across the snow. Airplanes are heavier than they look.
On snow and gravel, not on ice. Try pushing one through a foot of soft snow.So a group A rally car weighs close to 3,000 lbs and stops just fine on TIRES
But why use skis when you could use studded tires like the group A WRC cars did
Because they are unpowered, right?Studded tyres are used to increase traction. You don't need traction for aircraft wheels.
So a group A rally car weighs close to 3,000 lbs and stops just fine on TIRES
Because they are unpowered, right?
That looks like over here in Northern California at Lassen or Tahoe.Not wise to sink too deep in snow, you may hit something hidden.
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Does anyone have images of aircraft landing without skis and with snow?
In Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, plow operators are dealing with some of the deepest snow seen in years. Above, 23 feet of snow on Trail Ridge Road.That looks like over here in Northern California at Lassen or Tahoe.