Paul
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I have been following this thread on flats,-and I have a few points to ma
ke, that have worked for me.
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I have been flying my monowheel almost ten years off paved runway's...My ki
t included the old "tundra tire" and instructions to use low pressure,(I do
n't remember PSI, but the sidewalls rubbed the Landing gear frame.) The pla
ne taxied like it was runing in mud..
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I changed that tire at about 20 hours to a 700 X 6 and 6 plys and used 30 P
SI. The plane is much easier to taxi, take off's are much quicker, and in 8
00 hours I have replaced two tires that were worn out. No flats !!!! I can'
t say that the air pressure is the problem, and also I don't fly off grass,
but I have not had the problems that so many of you are having.
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On another note having made the above change I also changed the outrigger l
engths, as the new tire, with higher pressure made the original outriggers
to short. Over the past ten years I have extened the outriggers in length,
to now when the plane is parked, both outriggers touch the ground. For me g
round handling is much better, and in landing with the longer outriggers th
e "rocking from one outrigger to the other" is now gone.
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Also another question ? Are the flats limited to the Monowheels ??? Are-a
re the tri gears having this problem?-
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Jim Brown
XS Monowheel.
--- On Thu, 9/17/09, Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mono Inner Tyre Failures
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:32 PM
com>
Hi,
I have this happen regularly.- I now just change them every 100 hours
and I never travel without my jacking block and a spare inner tube.- I
have tried inner tube talcum powder and different pressures with out
much improvement.
The failure mode seems to be chafing on the side wall due to running
such- low pressure.
Paul
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi> wrote:
> All
>
> I have lost without visible or known reason two innner tyres in my
> Monowheel.
>
> Loosing suddenly main gear=B4s air pressure is not a funny game and did n
ot
> make my day actually.
le, List Admin.
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