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wdaniell.longport(at)gmai
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:25 pm Post subject: "Best" tires for Tri question

HJ460 tracks straight and I can find no fault with her ground manners.  She is an XS tri.

I have significant wear on the outside of the tires after 35 flight hours however I am hoping that this is due to the significant amount of taxi-ing prior to flight testing and possibly that the bearings are stiff (require wearing in).  I plan to turn them round and grease them this weekend.  

Now to my question.  I notice that the 5.00x5 tires in my local aviation shop have a square profile whereas the tires supplied with the Europa have a rounded profile.  Can I use the square profile or will it cause weird ground behavior?

What are the "best" tires for the Europe in terms of wear and profile?  (leaving side cost as a consideration)

Many thanks

Will

William Daniell



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cakeykev(at)gmail.com
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 12:51 pm Post subject: "Best" tires for Tri question

I have used square and round both wear on the outside. I turn them around and can live with it as I operate from grass so it’s only when I visit another hard runway that they wear. 



Kevin Challis

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On 20 Dec 2017, at 20:25, William Daniell <wdaniell.longport(at)gmail.com (wdaniell.longport(at)gmail.com)> wrote:

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		  HJ460 tracks straight and I can find no fault with her ground manners.  She is an XS tri.

I have significant wear on the outside of the tires after 35 flight hours however I am hoping that this is due to the significant amount of taxi-ing prior to flight testing and possibly that the bearings are stiff (require wearing in).  I plan to turn them round and grease them this weekend.  

Now to my question.  I notice that the 5.00x5 tires in my local aviation shop have a square profile whereas the tires supplied with the Europa have a rounded profile.  Can I use the square profile or will it cause weird ground behavior?

What are the "best" tires for the Europe in terms of wear and profile?  (leaving side cost as a consideration)

Many thanks

Will

William Daniell



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Roland

Joined: 30 Nov 2009
Posts: 334
Location: EDLE

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:06 pm Post subject: Re:

Hi William,



I have those http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/lgpages/condor.php and am satisfied. 



They don't cost too much and they last quite long although the tyres on my Europa also wear on the outside (I operate it almost exclusively on hard surface).



After some time I also just turn them around like Kevin.



Regards

Roland

PH-ZTI

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Ivor

Joined: 23 Jul 2015
Posts: 51

Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 3:28 am Post subject: Re:

the reason they wear on the outside is when you set the legs on the build the weight of the aircraft is suspended so no weight on the legs,

when the aircraft is fully built with engine/ prop/ paint / fuel it will cause the legs to toe in and create wear on the outside of the tyres,

i gave mine an additional bit of toe out, ( just the thickness of a tongue depressor)  and my tyres seem to be wearing evenly,

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wdaniell.longport(at)gmai
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Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:08 pm Post subject: "Best" tires for Tri question

Ivor sadly a little late for that 



Roland thanks for the tip

Will

On Dec 21, 2017 06:31, "Ivor" <g-iver(at)live.co.uk (g-iver(at)live.co.uk)> wrote: 	  Quote: 	
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 the reason they wear on the outside is when you set the legs on the build the weight of the aircraft is suspended so no weight on the legs,

 when the aircraft is fully built with engine/ prop/ paint / fuel it will cause the legs to toe in and create wear on the outside of the tyres,

 i gave mine an additional bit of toe out, ( just the thickness of a tongue depressor)  and my tyres seem to be wearing evenly,

 

 

 

 

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