I am having the same reaction as Rob. In 50years of flying general aviation
planes, about 3500 hours, I have never had a flat tire. That includes some
flying with tires showing cord. Are our Europa tires of poor quality and
need replacement?
Ken Carpenter N9XS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Housman" <RobH@hyperion-ef.com>
Subject: Re: Mainwheel punctures
> Gary,
>
> Having "tested" the tires on several Cessna 152s while learning to land
> during primary training (and I'll admit to a few additional "tests" later
> on), and having never damaged any tires or aircraft, I find your
experience
> quite worrisome. Were these tire failures with the factory supplied tires
> and tubes from the third world, or with real aircraft tires and tubes (on
> the mains, anyway)? And, were the failures during normal landings on
paved
> runways?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob Housman
> A070
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: forum-owner@europaclub.org.uk
> Behalf Of STOUT, GARRY V, CSFF2
> Subject: Re: Mainwheel punctures
>
> In my trigear, I have experienced a tire blow out on both the nosewheel,
and
> one of the maingear wheels. The nosewheel blow out was quite severe with
a
> violent shimmy that I thought would shake the plane to pieces. No problem
> maintaining directional control however, as I used the rudder effectively
> until the plane slowed down and then used differential braking to maintain
> directional control. With the landing blow out on the right main gear
tire,
> I had already slowed down to about 15 kts when the blow out occurred.
> Maintaining directional stability was a real struggle. I shudder to think
> what would have happened if it blew out right at touchdown speed. In
either
> situation, it's not a fun experience.
>
> Garry V. Stout
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: Re: Mainwheel punctures
>
>
> > Alan, raises a good question about the monowheel - can anyone who has
> > experienced a monowheel puncture on touch-down say what happened please?
>
>
> I experienced a monowheel (G-GBXS) puncture on arrival at last years North
> Weald Aerofair.
>
> I landed on the concrete runway with, what must have been, a completely
flat
> tyre. The experience was strange but I can honestly say that it wasn't a
big
> deal - the aircraft tracked straight and true with a very short ground
roll.
> The prop was never in any danger of striking the ground (though I was
> concerned at the time) and the culprit turned out to be a stiff piece of
> lock wire that (I assume) must have been picked up at my departure
airfield.
>
> Regards
> Mark Waite
>
>
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