A tire blew on an F-14 at the 2004 Oceana airshow. Granted every situation is different but they put a new wheel/tire on it and it was good to go. I'm assuming they're designed to take minimal damage when this happens, but as always I could be wrong. Also, at the Oceana airshow the pilot dropped his hook as he was still rolling down the runway. Is that standard procedure for a blown tire? Any aviators care to impart knowledge?
Granted every situation is different but they put a new wheel/tire on it and it was good to go. I'm assuming they're designed to take minimal damage when this happens, but as always I could be wrong. Also, at the Oceana airshow the pilot dropped his hook as he was still rolling down the runway. Is that standard procedure for a blown tire? Any aviators care to impart knowledge?
Is that normal procedure for the hornet to swerve off the runway like that? I heard it is NATOPS procedure to eject due to the hornets tendancey to roll over. Any hornets guys who can chime in?
One thing that tends to come with blown tires is pieces of the tire severing the brakeline. That being the case, yes, you want to take an arrestment in that situation. Even having to replace the brakeline it's a relatively quick job.