Hi All,
I have found that the inner tubes on my mono to be an ongoing problem and I
now routinely change my inner tube every 150 hours as preventative
maintenance. The tubes I have been using are not very expensive and I think
that they are from China. Recently Bud made me aware that there is a
certified inner tube available at about 3 times the cost and if they last
longer then they would be so worth it!
I do recall when I mentioned on the forum that I was losing inner tubes
regularly that some people were surprised and that they had not had a
problem so perhaps this can be accounted for by different inner tubes being
available. The failure I get is that the side wall of the inner tube get
small splits in it due to chafing. I typically run my tire at about 24 psi,
which is higher than the recommended by Europa. BTW I do use talcum powder
when I install the inner tube.
I have had 3 blow outs on a hard surface and fortunately I was able to keep
directional control. The challenge I found is that with a flat tire the
mono is nearly impossible to move. It happen to me at a large airport once
which got the airport authority excited because they had to shut the runway
down and divert all of the 737's to a shorter runway. I now carry a jacking
block, tools and a spare inner tube with me and I can now do the change out
in less than 30 minutes.
Next time around I am going to try a certified inner tube in the hope that
it will last longer.
Paul
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> *From:* Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 2011 3:21 AM
> *To:* Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>
> *Subject:* Tire /tyre landing incident /accident
>
> Dear All,
>
> it is a long time since I have been here. Today it happened something and I
> got an Europa Energy Burst (aka ENB) to write on the list. I think this
> could be useful info for most of you Europa (or any GA plane) operators. Let
> me tell you what was it and how it went:
>
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