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   "Mick" <@_#`~#@.^net> wrote in news:tjzAk.9123$PS3.4364@newsfe06.iad:   
      
   >   
   > "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns9B1B158056666pissupropeeh@208.90.168.18...   
   >> "Bob F."  wrote in   
   >> news:8tadnXEaEMR-YVPVnZ2dnUVZ_tbinZ2d@comcast.com:   
   >>   
   >>> "Bertie the Bunyip"  wrote in message   
   >>> news:Xns9B1BCF859608pissupropeeh@208.90.168.18...   
   >>>> "Viperdoc"  wrote in   
   >>>> news:B2Bzk.502$YU2.124@nlpi066.nbdc.sbc.com:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> The thread on brakes raised a question from the past- why nitrogen   
   >>>>> in the tires of big jets and heavies? Air is around 78% nitrogen   
   >>>>> anyway, and the coefficient of expansion of the remaining 20%   
   that's   
   >>>>> oxygen can't make that much difference in volume.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Why not just use dry air? I couldn't imagine that dry air or dry   
   >>>>> nitrogen could make that much difference in corrosion, either.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I seem to recall someone giving me the rationale for this a long   
   >>>>> time ago, but also seem to remember thinking it didn't make that   
   >>>>> much sense at the time.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Well, the greasemonkies say it preserves the rubber. Having said   
   that   
   >>>> we go   
   >>>> through them pretty quick and even considering retreads there   
   >>>> wouldn't be years of exposure or anything..   
   >>>> Wheel fires may be another good reason...   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> bertie   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Right, they are called Napoleon tires.  You heard of "Napoleon Blown   
   >>> Apart" haven't you. :-)   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> groan!   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> A guy i used to work with witnessed the aftermath of someone trying   
   to   
   >> fill a 707 nosewheel wiht an incorrect type reduction on the bottle.   
   The   
   >> guy was pretty much vaporised. My friend spent months as a witness in   
   >> the subsequent lawsuit.   
   >>   
   >> Bertie   
   >   
   > You're a cross posting dumb ass.   
   >   
   >   
   >   
      
   And you're a fjukktard wannbe just about anythign.   
      
   Bertie   
      
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