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A tire and wheel assembly is disclosed in which a low profile pneumatic tire having sidewalls which deflect inwardly under load and a wheel having a rim featuring a narrow central channel and extended rim flanges form the combination. The extended rim flanges support the tire sidewalls under static

A tire and wheel assembly is disclosed in which a low profile pneumatic tire having sidewalls which deflect inwardly under load and a wheel having a rim featuring a narrow central channel and extended rim flanges form the combination. The extended rim flanges support the tire sidewalls under static and dynamic loading conditions to produce a combination particularly suited to aircraft applications.

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An aircraft and tire-wheel combination comprising: an aircraft having wings with wheel wells situated therein; means for reducing wing drag profile in the area of said wheel wells including; a tire having beads, a tread area and inner connecting sidewalls, said sidewalls constructed to fold laterall

An aircraft and tire-wheel combination comprising: an aircraft having wings with wheel wells situated therein; means for reducing wing drag profile in the area of said wheel wells including; a tire having beads, a tread area and inner connecting sidewalls, said sidewalls constructed to fold laterally along their midpoint lines to a degree dependent upon loading; a wheel having a tire bead retaining channel and leg means extending axially outward from the channel, said leg means constructed to abut, support, and complement the tire sidewall under various loading conditions, under severe dynamic loading the tire sidewalls meeting and shocks being transmitted directly from the ground through the sidewalls to the said leg means; and braking means with surface area dependent upon the axial length of said wheel channel and the radius of the wheel; said wheel channel being narrow in axial length and said wheel large in radius.