Question:
How many # can each wheel carry?
Answer:
I’m sure the trailer will break before wheel
By Tony Tang on August 5, 2019
Lol, everything is relative. I've tested them to over 300# the axle starts to bend before the wheel breaks.Strong, too.
BJC
The engineer I consulted with on a landing gear project said that in very rough terms, you drop tested to a 45 degree 2G arrival at gross weight. The actual deceleration was a lot higher, but you walk that back quite a ways because the wing is still producing half of it's lift even at and beyond stall.Lol, everything is relative. I've tested them to over 300# the axle starts to bend before the wheel breaks.
This only follows somewhat. If you stall and land hard on one wheel, the gear will compress and the plane will be on two wheels very rapidly. Or you'll be dragging a wing tip. Either way, the odds of a single wheel taking the full brunt is marginally marginal.I'm not sure it's even valid to split the gross between the wheels. Landing on one gear is a normal thing in crosswinds, and if you happen to stall while attempting that...
I was working to convince myself those particular burley 16x3 wheels weren't going to obliterate themselves with anything approaching the kind of weights/loads we're talking about. I mean they're meant for a 2 kid stroller/trailer - maybe 50-60lbs not an airplaneThe engineer I consulted with on a landing gear project said that in very rough terms, you drop tested to a 45 degree 2G arrival at gross weight. The actual deceleration was a lot higher, but you walk that back quite a ways because the wing is still producing half of it's lift even at and beyond stall.
So assuming this is close to being accurate, a 600 pound gross airplane would result in each wheel seeing 2G X 600lb. or 1200 pounds, divided by 2 wheels, or 600 pounds each wheel.