All monowheel drivers
Following this thread today... I have a few commits to throw to the forum...I
notice
that Europa requires very low tire pressure in their manual....
I also noticed today that quiet a few monowheel drivers are having flat's....I
suspect that with the low air pressure, when you land the sidewals are flexing
due to low air pressure...this is probably "pinching the inner tube" and then
the tire goes flat....
I have always kept 32 PSI in the tire. IN 10 years, and two tires and tubes, I
have never had a flat....Yes I know I have been blessed by the good luck god..
Thank about it with 32 P S In the tube the sidewalls are not flexing......Just
my thought's on this matter....
Jim Brown
Monowheel.......
---- Paul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
>
> >
> > *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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