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Dennis Kirby

Joined: 05 Dec 2013
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Location: Albuquerque, NM

Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:04 am Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

Bill Berle wrote: << I will have a small lightweight tool kit with me, and a tire pump. I can take the wheel off the airplane with a medium Crescent wrench,

take the wheel apart with three 1/4 inch bolts, replace an inner tube or patch

a tire, and get it back together to fly back home. >

Bill / Kolb Friends -



I, too, travel with tire changing tools in my Mark-3 when I go backcountry flying.  As Bill describes above, I am able to remove and take apart my split rims and patch (or replace) the inner tube.



But what about using "Fix-a-Flat" for the solution?  Does anyone have experience blasting this goop into their Kolb inner tubes to remedy a flat tire?  Seems a lot lighter and easier, and you don't need the tire pump.



Pros?  Cons?



Dennis Kirby

Mark-3

New Mexico

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John Hauck

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:21 am Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

John W and also Bruce Chaisson repaired flats on the Kolbra and MKIII at MV

with Fix A Flat in a can.  It worked.



john h

mkIII

Titus, Alabama





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lcottrell

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:22 am Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

But what about using "Fix-a-Flat" for the solution?  Does anyone have experience blasting this goop into their Kolb inner tubes to remedy a flat tire?  Seems a lot lighter and easier, and you don't need the tire pump.Pros?  Cons?Dennis KirbyMark-3New Mexico



I have carried a can of"Spare tire" or fix a flat in my plane for about 12 years. I have never needed it, but its there when I do. Perhaps I should check the expiration date?

Larry

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 1:03 PM, KIRBY, DENNIS T GS-13 USAF AFMC AFNWC/EZS <dennis.kirby.3(at)us.af.mil (dennis.kirby.3(at)us.af.mil)> wrote:

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 Bill Berle wrote: << I will have a small lightweight tool kit with me, and a tire pump. I can take the wheel off the airplane with a medium Crescent wrench,

 take the wheel apart with three 1/4 inch bolts, replace an inner tube or patch

 a tire, and get it back together to fly back home. >

 

 

 Bill / Kolb Friends -

 

 I, too, travel with tire changing tools in my Mark-3 when I go backcountry flying.  As Bill describes above, I am able to remove and take apart my split rims and patch (or replace) the inner tube.

 

 But what about using "Fix-a-Flat" for the solution?  Does anyone have experience blasting this goop into their Kolb inner tubes to remedy a flat tire?  Seems a lot lighter and easier, and you don't need the tire pump.

 

 Pros?  Cons?

 

 Dennis Kirby

 Mark-3

 New Mexico

 

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:33 am Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

The effectiveness of Fix-a-Flat will clearly depend on the damage to the tire or tube. Bullhead thorn, no problem. Lava rock through the sidewall... problem 



It appears to me that if there is any kind of run-flat wheel/tire out there that is light enough to not cause a weight issue, it is probably well worth the extra money. Being well-versed in Murphy's Law and the Law of Applied Entropy I can guarantee that any punctured flat tire event will happen less than 30 minutes before sunset !



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 Bill Berle wrote: << I will have a small lightweight

 tool kit with me, and a tire pump. I can take the wheel off

 the airplane with a medium Crescent wrench,

 take the wheel apart with three 1/4 inch bolts, replace an

 inner tube or patch

 a tire, and get it back together to fly back home. >

 

 

 Bill / Kolb Friends -

 

 I, too, travel with tire changing tools in my Mark-3 when I

 go backcountry flying.  As Bill describes above, I am

 able to remove and take apart my split rims and patch (or

 replace) the inner tube.

 

 But what about using "Fix-a-Flat" for the solution? 

 Does anyone have experience blasting this goop into their

 Kolb inner tubes to remedy a flat tire?  Seems a lot

 lighter and easier, and you don't need the tire pump.

 

 Pros?  Cons?

 

 Dennis Kirby

 Mark-3

 New Mexico

 

 

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John Hauck

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:01 pm Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

2004, landed at Fort Nelson Airport, BC, right after sun down.  Went in the FBO to see about fuel.  When I walked back out to the MKIII, a main tire was flat.



Earlier I had experienced a main tire flat on the bank of the Knik River south of Palmer, AK.  Only tube I could find with a 90 degree valve stem was in Lowes.  It was for a wheel barrow.  That is something like a 400X6, in an 800X6 tire.  I flew the Kenai Peninsula to Seldovia,  over to McCarthy, north to Dead Horse/Prudhoe Bay, Kaktovik, Point Barrow, AK, Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territory, and south to Fort Nelson before the tube failed.  Found a patch, and with the help of a local motorcycle gang, that had a hanger at the airport, put a fix on the tube, then flew the rest of the way home to Alabama.  There are places I landed off airports to wait out weather that had no help should that tire go flat.  The Man was watching out for me.  



Murphy never strikes when it is convenient for the victim.



john h

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Titus, Alabama





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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:17 pm Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

Dennis

On a trip to Airventure I had a flat after a overnight stop. In the morning I filled my tire with a can of Fix-A-Flat. I got to my next fuel stop and added a bit more air. On the next stop I landed at Airventure with a totally flat tire.

Rick Neilsen

Redrive VW Powered MKIIIC  

On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 3:03 PM, KIRBY, DENNIS T GS-13 USAF AFMC AFNWC/EZS <dennis.kirby.3(at)us.af.mil (dennis.kirby.3(at)us.af.mil)> wrote:

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 Bill Berle wrote: << I will have a small lightweight tool kit with me, and a tire pump. I can take the wheel off the airplane with a medium Crescent wrench,

 take the wheel apart with three 1/4 inch bolts, replace an inner tube or patch

 a tire, and get it back together to fly back home. >

 

 

 Bill / Kolb Friends -

 

 I, too, travel with tire changing tools in my Mark-3 when I go backcountry flying.  As Bill describes above, I am able to remove and take apart my split rims and patch (or replace) the inner tube.

 

 But what about using "Fix-a-Flat" for the solution?  Does anyone have experience blasting this goop into their Kolb inner tubes to remedy a flat tire?  Seems a lot lighter and easier, and you don't need the tire pump.

 

 Pros?  Cons?

 

 Dennis Kirby

 Mark-3

 New Mexico

 

 

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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2016 6:30 pm Post subject: Fixing a Flat Tire

I have used Fix-A-Flat on other flats and one of the things I learned is that you need to spin the tire as soon after using it so that the fix-it is spread out evenly over the outer side of the inside of the tire.



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