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barrynorman(at)comcast.ne
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:11 am Post subject: Tires

It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like I have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At this point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so often. Any experience with these tires? 

  

Thanks, 

Barry Norman



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gregsmi

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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:54 am Post subject: Tires

Barry, I have the Michelins and love them. They do last a long time but you  pay more for them. I will be replacing them soon, and I am looking at some  new tires from Dresser. They are less than half the price of the Michelins  so it will be an experiment. Michelins are great tires, put them on and  forget about them.

  

 Greg 

  

  In a message dated 6/6/2012 12:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  barrynorman(at)comcast.net writes:

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It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like I    have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried    different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the    Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At this    point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so often. Any    experience with these tires?   

    

Thanks,   

Barry Norman



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rmurrill(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 11:30 am Post subject: Tires

There was one of the regular EAA Webinars several months ago by Mike Busch  covering tires in detail..all the main brands (not Lamb) all the unique  manufacturerâ€™s design features...the criticality of maintaining correct  pressures etc....Michelins generally came out on top for new tires both in price  and performance, but my recollection is that he was recommending retreads  (Dresser I think) for most of his gaggle of Cessna, Piper and Cirrus managed GA  aircraft.  Better wear and better value.   Might be worth looking  at the Webinar archives?

  

 Bob

  

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   Barry, I have the Michelins and love them. They do last a long time but you  pay more for them. I will be replacing them soon, and I am looking at some new  tires from Dresser. They are less than half the price of the Michelins so it  will be an experiment. Michelins are great tires, put them on and forget about  them.

  

 Greg 

  

  In a message dated 6/6/2012 12:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  barrynorman(at)comcast.net writes:

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It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like I    have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried    different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the    Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At this    point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so often. Any    experience with these tires?   

    

Thanks,   

Barry Norman



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pilot623(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:59 am Post subject: Tires

Barry,

  

 I'm on my 4th set of  tires now. Instead of tracking wear according to hours, I track by landings. The  first pair lasted only 88 landings but included the taxi testing prior to first  flight. I replaced with Airhawk 6-ply and got 311 landings out of that  pair. I then tried Airhawk 10-ply and got 195 landings. The 10-ply were heavier  and felt much harder during ground operations and wore much faster for some  reason. For the current pair, I went back to Airhawk 6-ply and currently have  153 landings with about half the tread remaining.

  

 Throughout the plane's  life, I have experimented with camber and toe-in spacers trying to even up  tire wear. I have been using 0 degrees camber and 1 degree toe-out spacers with  this pair and current wear indicates the inner half of the tread is wearing  faster than the outer half. I will reverse the tires on the rims during annual  next month.

  

 My 1 degree toe-out  spacers do not set the tires to a toe-out position with respect to the plane,  they just decrease the toe-in built in to the landing gear.

  

 Jim

 Series 2

 N623JF



  



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Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:53    PM

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Subject: Re: Pulsar-List:    Tires

   

   Barry, I have the Michelins and love them. They do last a long time but    you pay more for them. I will be replacing them soon, and I am looking at    some new tires from Dresser. They are less than half the price of the    Michelins so it will be an experiment. Michelins are great tires, put    them on and forget about them.

    

   Greg 

    

      In a message dated 6/6/2012 12:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time,    barrynorman(at)comcast.net writes:

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It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like      I have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried      different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the      Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At      this point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so      often. Any experience with these tires?     

      

Thanks,     

Barry Norman



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esalehto(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:30 am Post subject: Tires

Hi,

  

 I installed dressers some time ago. I have 0 landings on those and I am looking forward to start to collect # of landings with those. Wings are sanded, I added reinforcement (18" x 3") under wings and currently playing with bondo. It is coming together slowly!

  

 And I am installing TruTrack ADI II Series Autopilot as well.

  

 Esa

 Pulsar XP

 Rotax 912 UL

 180 h 

  

  

    

From: "GREGSMI(at)aol.com" <GREGSMI(at)aol.com>

To: pulsar-list(at)matronics.com 

Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 10:53 AM

Subject: Re: Pulsar-List: Tires

   Barry, I have the Michelins and love them. They do last a long time but you pay more for them. I will be replacing them soon, and I am looking at some new tires from Dresser. They are less than half the price of the Michelins so it will be an experiment. Michelins are great tires, put them on and forget about them.

  

 Greg 

  

  In a message dated 6/6/2012 12:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, barrynorman(at)comcast.net writes:

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		    It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like I have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At this point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so often. Any experience with these tires?

  

 Thanks,

 Barry Norman

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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:44 am Post subject: Tires

I have the same auto pilot in my XP.  I think of it as a copilot that allows me to spend more time watching for traffic and do a better job of managing overall flight operations.  I have the large wheel option with Lamb tires.  The original tires are approaching 500 total landings.  I have Azusa drum brakes with Sonex heavy wall drums.  I attribute long life of tires being related to good wheel alignment and low available breaking energy for stopping the aircraft.  If it were not for the retrofit rework involved, I would go to hydraulic brakes.  Good luck with your up coming flight operations.

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From: Esa Lehto <esalehto(at)yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: Tires

To: "pulsar-list(at)matronics.com" <pulsar-list(at)matronics.com>

Date: Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:29 PM



    Hi,

  

 I installed dressers some time ago. I have 0 landings on those and I am looking forward to start to collect # of landings with those. Wings are sanded, I added reinforcement (18" x 3") under wings and currently playing with bondo. It is coming together slowly!

  

 And I am installing TruTrack ADI II Series Autopilot as well.

  

 Esa

 Pulsar XP

 Rotax 912 UL

 180 h 

  

  

    

From: "GREGSMI(at)aol.com" <GREGSMI(at)aol.com>

To: pulsar-list(at)matronics.com 

Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 10:53 AM

Subject: Re: Tires

   Barry, I have the Michelins and love them. They do last a long time but you pay more for them. I will be replacing them soon, and I am looking at some new tires from Dresser. They are less than half the price of the Michelins so it will be an experiment. Michelins are great tires, put them on and forget about them.

  

 Greg 

  

  In a message dated 6/6/2012 12:31:35 P.M. Central Daylight Time, barrynorman(at)comcast.net writes:

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		    It's time once again to replace the main tires on the Pulsar. Seems like I have to do this every 160 - 200 hours. I have 5x5 on the mains and tried different brand tires to see what lasts the longest. I haven't tried the Michelin yet because of the cost and was wondering if anyone else has. At this point it's worth it to pay more if I don't have to change them so often. Any experience with these tires?

  

 Thanks,

 Barry Norman

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