How many wheels are there for an aeroplane?

Answer 1

Like everyone says, it depends on the airplane. But not everyone has done even the slightest bit of research. Some planes have no wheels. The Germans had a rocket plane during WWII called the ME163 that was launched on a wheeled cart of sorts, but these wheels were not part of the airplane, and they were jettisoned after the plane took off, and it landed on a skid that was built into the belly of the airplane. Some float planes are equipped with just floats, while others have retractable wheels so the plane can be moved out of the water on a ramp. Sailplanes generally have two wheels, one in front and a tail wheel. Some don't have a tail wheel, so they only have one wheel and skids on the wingtips and the tail. On the other end of the spectrum is the AN225, a Russian aircraft that has 32 tires. So as you can see, the minimum number of wheels on an airplane is zero, and the maximum is at least 32.

Answer 2

Aeroplane Wheels

Answer 3

From 3 to 28

Answer 4

The bigger the plane the more wheels it will have this is done to spread the airplanes weight over a greater area and spare the runway a lot of torture. The fewest wheels can be found on gliders they have one in some cases they have none just a skid like in Germany's rocket fighter the comet. In other cases like the Russian AN-225 it has 32 wheels. but most small planes have three.

Answer 5

From 0 to.....boh....a lot.
glider used to have only a skid, but also Me-163 landed without wheels, and also seaplanes are usually without wheels.
modern gliders have a wheel under the cabin and some also a little one under the tail.
A lot of planes have 3 wheels, but some have 3 gear legs but the wheel's number is bigger......it's quite common to see 2 coaxial wheels on each leg.
some big airplanes have more than 3 gear legs....for example 1 under the nose and 3 or 4 main landing gear legs with a lot of wheels on each leg.
I don't know what is the most wheeled plane in the world, but Me-323(10 wheels), Arado-232( 25) and Antonov An-225 (I think 36 wheels!!!) don't really lack of wheels!!!

Answer 6

Two Main struts (left and right), & one front strut. If the aircraft is a taildragger, then in place of a front strut there is a pivoting wheel below the tail. The number of tires per strut varies from model to model, depending on aircraft size and weight.

Answer 7

The types of planes that I fly have tricycle gear -- i.e. 3 wheels: the nose wheel and two main wheels.

Answer 8

if you are asking on passenger jets, it depends.

Small narrow bodied jets (eg A320, B737 etc):
Total: 6 wheels, 2 on each landing gear.

Mid-sized jets (eg A330, A300, B767, A310 etc):
Total: 10 wheels, 4 on each hind gear, 2 at the nose.

Larger Jets

B777:
Total: 14 wheels, 6 on each hind gear, 2 in front.

B747:
Total: 18 wheels, 4 on each of the 4 hind gears, 2 in front.

A380:
Total: 22 wheels, 4 on two of the hind gears, 6 on the other 2, and as usual, 2 in front.

Answer 9

Anywhere from 3 to 30, depending on the aircraft.

Answer 10

varies

boeing 737-300~6 wheels
boeing 747-400~16 wheels

airbus A320~6 wheels
airbus A380~22 wheels