As much as I’d like to laugh as any Russian military stupidity, the aircraft in the picture doesn’t appear to have propellers attached, so it’s likely in some form of maintenance. Without the weight of engines and props, any strong wind over the wings is likely to move the plane around quite a lot. Putting tires on the wings disrupts the lift and helps keep the plane from moving around in storms.
Yeah I don’t see how this would provide any additional benefit, even if tires were literally the only thing you had to work with
I hear a better way to protect your planes is not starting a losing war.
If a drone hits the tire a loud boing sound plays.
High-tech!
I’m no expert, but wouldn’t a bit of fuel and a match now render that plane grounded?
Isn’t that kinda always the case with a plane?
Or a water balloon full of gallium!
As military super powers do… 🤣
Why not just paint the planes the color of the asphalt?
My guess: You can remove the tires for flight, paint adds weight and I don’t see the Russian army scraping off the current paint without fucking up the primer/anti corrosion layer.
Are the planes not already painted? Why not just paint them grey to begin with?
Light paint keeps the heat away, so it’s the default. Plus, this entire kerfuffle has been a matter class in lack of planning. They never thought they would need it, so why bother painting 50+ year old planes another color.
4chan /k/ calls it “cope tires”. Fun fact, /k/ came up with the term “cope cages” for the Russian tanks too.
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- Tyre is a city in the middle east.
- Tires are the round black rubber things you drive on.
- Tired is how I feel when people spell the second like the first.
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“Tire” came first, even in the UK.
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