Airplane Wheel Spinner
James Levin
December 2003

This is a prototype of a "hubcap" for retractable airplane wheels such that when the wheels are lowered, the free-spinning wheels will rotate in the correct direction to reduce the amount of skidding (and thus rubber loss) upon touchdown.

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side view of airplane wheel spinner model
side view of airplane wheel spinner model 		edge view of airplane wheel spinner
edge view of airplane wheel spinner

Short movie of the Airplane Wheel Spinner in action