No it wasn't a mono Europa but my comments would apply to the Tri. They were
comments though and not recommendations except I would recommend to anyone
they placard the tyre pressures somewhere.
Don't forget weather permitting we plan a Europa / Ban-bi Fly-In at Old
Sarum near Salisbury this Saturday. Once again the club has generously
offered free landings for type and they have an excellent restaurant. The
last Fly-In was a great success despite less than perfect weather.
Jerry
Jerry@ban-bi.com or LTS@avnet.co.uk
www.Ban-bi.com or www.avnet.co.uk/touchdown
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan D Stewart" <alan.stewart@blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: Mainwheel punctures
>
> Hi Jerry and Forum,
>
> Are you refering to a puncture on the mainwheel of the mono variant ?
>
> I suspect not. Does your advice apply to this situation as well ?
> (avoiding lower tyre pressure).
>
> How many out there have suffered a mono mainwheel puncture, particularly
> away from home ?
>
> ... and how have you resolved the issue ?
>
> Like a random prop strike, it's one of the scenarios that I dread. I can
> imagine being completely stuck !
>
> Alan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
> Subject: Re:
>
>
> One of my customers has had several punctures. The rest of us have had
> few
> with more hours. Perhaps he chooses bad fields but someone who may know
> suggested his punctures were due to low tyre pressures. He checked and
> found
> his were low (not just the punctured one). I have no idea if low
> pressure
> does make a tyre prone to puncture but its worth checking the pressures
> in
> any case. Being a bit woolly on top I have taken to writing my correct
> tyre
> pressures on the wheel rims in white paint so I don't have to look it
> up.
>
> Jerry
> Jerry@ban-bi.com or LTS@avnet.co.uk
> www.Ban-bi.com or www.avnet.co.uk/touchdown
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Taylor" <kevin@eastyorkshire.co.uk>
> Subject:
>
>
> > What a bugger I had my second puncture in a fortnight yesterday and
> had to
> > leave the plane as I didn't have the tools or inner tube to repair it!
> (Nose
> > wheel last time, starboard this time)
> >
> > Something tells me its time to carry spare tubes (x2 one for the nose
> and
> a
> > main) and some tools to split the rims.
> >
> > I bet once I carry these tools Ill not get another puncture for years!
> >
> > Interested to hear if anyone else is carrying a emergency
> spares/repair
> kit
> > and what is in it?
> >
> > Annoyingly the weather has turned bad here today and so it looks like
> the
> > plane will be stuck there for a few days.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Kev T
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