Raimo, I will be at the airport tomorrow, and will get the information for
you.=0A-=0AJim=0A=0AFrom: Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>=0ATo: europa
-list@matronics.com=0ASent: Wednesday, July 6, 2011 5:34 PM=0ASubject: Re:
Europa-List: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident=0A=0A--> Europa-List mes
sage posted by: "Raimo Toivio" <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>=0A=0ADear Jim=0A=0ARea
d careful my post: I like to use pressure 2,0 - 2,2 bars. 2,1 bar = 30,45
PSI. So we land with same pressures. Pressure - low or high - is not a rea
son.=0A=0AWhat is your tube brand name?=0AWhat is your tube and tyre size?
=0A=0AUntil I will get a reason and solution I am going to do same as Paul
is doing: changeing regularly tube. Makes me sense to change it every year
(= in my case every 50 hrs /about 50 - 100 landings. I never can do it in
30 minutes but so what. Tube is very cheap. For example yeasterday I spent
6 hrs fighting with that problem with my wife and that newspaperman. That
is 18 hrs + all the extra fees + 400 km driving car. That must be same as b
uying let us say 100 pcs of tubes.=0A=0ABTW also I use masses of baby botto
m talcum. That delicate scent is a bit embarrassing...=0A=0ARaimo=0A=0A----
-Alkuper=E4inen viesti----- From: acrojim@cfl.rr.com=0ASent: Wednesday, Jul
y 06, 2011 8:36 PM=0ATo: europa-list@matronics.com=0ASubject: Re: Europa-Li
st: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident=0A=0A--> Europa-List message post
ed by: <acrojim@cfl.rr.com>=0A=0AAll monowheel drivers=0A=0AFollowing 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....=0A=0AI also n
oticed today that quiet a few monowheel drivers are having flat's....I susp
ect 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 th
en the tire goes flat....=0A=0AI 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 ha
ve been blessed by the good luck god..=0A=0AThank about it with 32 P S In t
he tube the sidewalls are not flexing......Just my thought's on this matter
....=0A=0AJim Brown=0AMonowheel.......=0A=0A---- Paul McAllister <paul.the.
aviator@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> Hi All,=0A> =0A> I have found that the inner
tubes on my mono to be an ongoing problem and I=0A> now routinely change my
inner tube every 150 hours as preventative=0A> maintenance.- The tubes I
have been using are not very expensive and I think=0A> that they are from
China. Recently Bud made me aware that there is a=0A> certified inner tube
available at about 3 times the cost and if they last=0A> longer then they w
ould be so worth it!=0A> =0A> I do recall when I mentioned on the forum tha
t I was losing inner tubes=0A> regularly that some people were surprised an
d that they had not had a=0A> problem so perhaps this can be accounted for
by different inner tubes being=0A> available. The failure I get is that the
side wall of the inner tube get=0A> small splits in it due to chafing.-
I typically run my tire at about 24 psi,=0A> which is higher than the recom
mended by Europa. BTW I do use talcum powder=0A> when I install the inner t
ube.=0A> =0A> I have had 3 blow outs on a hard surface and fortunately I wa
s able to keep=0A> directional control.- The challenge I found is that wi
th a flat tire the=0A> mono is nearly impossible to move.- It happen to m
e at a large airport once=0A> which got the airport authority excited becau
se they had to shut the runway=0A> down and divert all of the 737's to a sh
orter runway.- I now carry a jacking=0A> block, tools and a spare inner t
ube with me and I can now do the change out=0A> in less than 30 minutes.=0A
> =0A> Next time around I am going to try a certified inner tube in the hop
e that=0A> it will last longer.=0A> =0A> Paul=0A> =0A> =0A> >=0A> >- *Fro
m:* Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>=0A> > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 06, 20
11 3:21 AM=0A> > *To:* Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>=0A> > *Subject:*
Tire /tyre landing incident > /accident=0A> >=0A> >- Dear All,=0A> >=0A>
> it is a long time since I have been here. > Today it happened something a
nd I=0A> > got an Europa Energy Burst (aka ENB) to write > on the list. I t
hink this=0A> > could be useful info for most of you Europa > (or any GA pl
ane) operators. Let=0A> > me tell you what was it and how it went:=0A> >=0A
> >=0A> >=0A=0Abrowse=0AUn/Subscription,=0AFAQ,=0Ahttp://www.matronics.com/
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