The Crazy Engineering Behind World Largest Landing Gears Lifting 420 Ton Aircraft

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[RvRaaphorst]

This is not about insane engineering. This is an episode of "how it's made" without technical insights.

[freedomforever]

The precision in the landing gear components is remarkable. Both they and the tires still require human hands and skill.

[edwardranno]

It’s amazing how many of these parts wear so fast

[rogeliogamez]

After I start watching your videos I feel less nervous when I fly thanks great Informacion

[ziauddin]

excellent aircraft landing gears engineering technology # ❤🇵🇰

[khalidjaved]

Very Nice 👍
Love From Pakistan ❤️🇵🇰❤️

[ahmedsaci]

La technologie occidentale me fascine à outrance.
Même l 4:32 Dieu Confierai le paradis à ces nobles gens.

[CrownOfGoldCompleatSacrifice_]

לכבוד אבינו ה' אלוהי הכל יכול ולמעשיו השלמים עושים את הדבר הזה. יברך ה' וישלים מלאכתנו על הארץ כדברינו

[donbrashsux]

So much goes into a aircraft tyre .. amazing amount of work

[georgenaidoo]

Imagine they don't put as much effort into quality and someone dies, that company can get sued in the public eye, even if they win the case their reputation will already be tarnished, I don't think you get many chances to mess up in this industry.

[devin]

They can't use proper English in their headlines people. C'mon

[srinathnarayanan]

Good video. Very informative. Safran Systems was earlier known as Messier Dowty, aka Messier Bugatti Dowty, aka Messier Hispano Bugatti.

[chevhd]

they were most definitely bombers in WW1.

[kevinschwinkendorf]

One thing they haven’t figured out yet is to drive the wheels at the same speed as the their ground speed so the tires last a lot longer. Those tires are expensive!

[simsalartist]

Now I know why aircrafts are so expensive and I can’t afford one 🙁

[Observer]

It's landing *gear*. Landing gear is plural. If you want to be taken seriously, you should use correct terminology.

[عارفالاثوريالاثوري-زش]

قال.تعال حتى اذا.نسوا ما ذكرو به فتحنا عليهم ابوب كل شي

[bobgreene]

(At 7:50) "The parts are carefully dipped in chromium, cadium..."


cadmium?

[jsmute]

280, 000lbs??? I think you are incorrect in your weight… try well over half a million pounds. Not to mention the A380 over a million

[DennisMerwood-xkwp]

The biggest suppliers of this gear are French and British companies. Not American.