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Old Dec 5, 2015, 5:15 pm
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luckypierre
 
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Originally Posted by LarryJ
The wheels don't lock up. That's what the antilock brakes are for. The tires fail due to the heat generated during the rejected takeoff. The tires have fuse plugs which melt and release the pressure in the tires to prevent them from failing explosively.

Here's rejected takeoff testing on the B777. https://youtu.be/Mr4V680UQ-k
Those puffs of black smoke are the plugs melting and releasing pressure? I assume they are quite small and designed to allow the tire to retain some pressure over a brief span of time than immediately deflate
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