Cargo aircraft tire changing tool - photo

[Jon]

Cargo aircraft tire changing tool. Invented by the Air Force Research Laboratory Junior Force Warfighter Operations Team.

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...l_fullsize.jpg




More: https://www.wpafb.af.mil/News/Articl...e-change-tool/

Previously:

Radial tire building machine - GIF
Inflating a tire with lighter fluid - GIF
Lowbuck tire regrooving - GIF
Machine for replacing truck tire without removing wheel - GIF
Machine for installing tires on rims - GIF
Tire doubling machine - GIF
Large tire manipulator attachment - video

[DIYSwede]

Q: -Can a tool designed at Wright-Patterson AFB still be considered "Homemade"?
A: -If, and only if the ARFL team lives on the base

[jdurand]

I wonder how many million $ those cost the Air Farce to make?

[Hans Pearson]

It looks more like a tool to hold the wheel nut socket in place for the torquing process. A different tool/trolley would have been used to actually remove and replace the wheel.