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tundra tires - balanced

 
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lcottrell



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Location: Jordan Valley, Or

PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2017 1:53 pm    Post subject: tundra tires - balanced Reply with quote

After my last test flight with the tires at 4 lbs of air, and the
subsequent shaking, I decided to balance them. I took a couple of long
steel bars 1x1/8 and bent the ends 90 degrees so that I could secure
them to my work bench. Spacing them far enough apart to allow the tire
to spin freely. I made a bearing rod that would fit securely in the
bearings and sat the tire on the bars. It was no problem finding the
spot where the tire needed weights.

The little flat stick on weights are pretty expensive and I had used
all I had, but I had some "wad cutter cast lead bullets" that weighed
3 to the ounce. I reasoned that it wouldn't take too many and I could
hold them in place with hot glue. One of the tires was no problem, but
the other one I think was out of round, and by the time I balanced it,
( it took about 6 ounces) it was ugly. Then the weather closed in
again.

Today the wind finally relented, so I got to fly today. The tires
really felt nice, no shake, and with the four pounds of air it like
landing on pillows.

Film at 11
Larry

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