Raimo; sorry for the delay... The tire is a Goodyear 700X6- 6Ply rated. T
his tire has about 400 hours on it. The tread wear is showing about half th
e tread is gone...=0A-=0AJimBrown=0A=0AFrom: Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@r
wm.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
=0ADear Jim=0A=0ARead careful my post: I like to use pressure 2,0 - 2,2 bar
s. 2,1 bar = 30,45 PSI. So we land with same pressures. Pressure - low or
high - is not a reason.=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 ch
ange 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. Tha
t must be same as buying let us say 100 pcs of tubes.=0A=0ABTW also I use m
asses of baby bottom talcum. That delicate scent is a bit embarrassing...
=0A=0ARaimo=0A=0A-----Alkuper=E4inen viesti----- From: acrojim@cfl.rr.com
=0ASent: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 8:36 PM=0ATo: europa-list@matronics.com
=0ASubject: Re: Europa-List: Tire /tyre landing incident /accident=0A=0A-->
Europa-List message posted by: <acrojim@cfl.rr.com>=0A=0AAll monowheel dri
vers=0A=0AFollowing this thread today... I have a few commits to throw to t
he forum...I notice that Europa requires very- low tire pressure in their
manual....=0A=0AI also noticed today that quiet a few monowheel drivers ar
e 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 "pinchi
ng the inner tube" and then 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 have been blessed by the good luck god..=0A=0AThank
about it with 32 P S In the tube the sidewalls are not flexing......Just my
thought's on this matter....=0A=0AJim Brown=0AMonowheel.......=0A=0A---- P
aul McAllister <paul.the.aviator@gmail.com> wrote:=0A> Hi All,=0A> =0A> I h
ave 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> ma
intenance.- The tubes I have been using are not very expensive and I thin
k=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 l
ast=0A> longer then they would be so worth it!=0A> =0A> I do recall when I
mentioned on the forum that I was losing inner tubes=0A> regularly that som
e people were surprised and 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> whic
h is higher than the recommended by Europa. BTW I do use talcum powder=0A>
when I install the inner tube.=0A> =0A> I have had 3 blow outs on a hard su
rface and fortunately I was able to keep=0A> directional control.- The ch
allenge I found is that with a flat tire the=0A> mono is nearly impossible
to move.- It happen to me at a large airport once=0A> which got the airpo
rt authority excited because they had to shut the runway=0A> down and diver
t all of the 737's to a shorter runway.- I now carry a jacking=0A> block,
tools and a spare inner tube with me and I can now do the change out=0A> i
n less than 30 minutes.=0A> =0A> Next time around I am going to try a certi
fied inner tube in the hope that=0A> it will last longer.=0A> =0A> Paul=0A>
=0A> =0A> >=0A> >- *From:* Raimo Toivio <raimo.toivio@rwm.fi>=0A> > *Sen
t:* Wednesday, July 06, 2011 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. > Tod
ay it happened something and I=0A> > got an Europa Energy Burst (aka ENB) t
o write > on the list. I think this=0A> > could be useful info for most of
you Europa > (or any GA plane) operators. Let=0A> > me tell you what was it
and how it went:=0A> >=0A> >=0A> >=0A=0Abrowse=0AUn/Subscription,=0AFAQ,
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