Jim, I can't remember right now. I'd have to go to my hanger and look
up my latest invoice from Desser.
Garry
----- Original Message -----
From: Garry
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: Europa-List: Mono Inner Tyre Failures
Jim Brown..........what size nose gear tube did you use?
Garry Stout
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Brown
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Mono Inner Tyre Failures
Bob;
We had the same problem on our RV-7A that our son flys.It went
flat after he had landed...
No damage, but we also went to different size on the nose gear
tube....
JimBrown
--- On Sun, 9/20/09, Robert C Harrison
<ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
From: Robert C Harrison <ptag.dev@tiscali.co.uk>
Subject: RE: Europa-List: Mono Inner Tyre Failures
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009, 9:43 PM
Hi! Jim
I have had the problem with failure of the nose wheel inner
tubes at their seams. Especially before I researched slightly different
size tubes. The originals were too large a diameter on the
=9Cballoon=9D dimension and so always inflated with a crease
in them.
Regards
Bob Harrison G-PTAG
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From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:
owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com ] On Behalf Of Jim Brown
Sent: 20 September 2009 13:11
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Subject: Re: Europa -List: Mono Inner Tyre Failures
Paul
I have been following this thread on flats, and I have
a few points to make, that have worked for me.
I have been flying my monowheel almost ten years off
paved runway's...My kit included the old "tundra tire" and instructions
to use low pressure,(I don't remember PSI, but the sidewalls rubbed the
Landing gear frame.) The plane taxied like it was runing in mud..
I changed that tire at about 20 hours to a 700 X 6 and
6 plys and used 30 PSI. The plane is much easier to taxi, take off's are
much quicker, and in 800 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.
On another note having made the above change I also
changed the outrigger lengths, 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 ground handling is much better, and
in landing with the longer outriggers the "rocking from one outrigger to
the other" is now gone.
Also another question ? Are the flats limited to the
Monowheels ??? Are are the tri gears having this problem?
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
To: europa-list@matronics.com
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:32 PM
--> Europa -List message posted by: Paul McAllister
<paul.the.aviator@gmail.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=C2=B4s air pressure is
not a funny game and did not
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