rexjan(at)bigpond.com
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 Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:41 pm Post subject: Tailwheels |
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Hi Rex, I was thinking of going with a Pneumatic tire. Trying to achieve
abit of a better ride.
Jim
Hi ! Jim,
sorry I was mentioning that the ACS Homebuilders 6" soft rubber tailwheel handled better and made far less noise. I guess this distracted from your aim of a better ride. However the fact is it does also give a better ride. I have not experienced a pneumatic tailwheel in a Kitfox to compare but I feel you would be delighted with the change to the Homebuilders wheel. Anyway it's your choice but I wanted to let you know what can be achieved without going all the way to pneumatic. When I was looking at it to go pneumatic I could not find a suitable wheel to fit on the Maule SFSA axle assembly between the axle and arm. Therefore I would have needed to change the whole tailwheel assembly at much greater expense. Due to the minimal expense of the Homebuiler soft rubber wheel it was worth a go and I was very pleasantly surprised.
Another point is I have had my fair share of punctures from those original buffed down 2 ply ATV front tyres so the Homebuilders wheel appealed because it cannot puncture. Nor is it going to pull of the rim like I've seen pneumatic tailwheel tyres do.
I expect if you go pneumatic you will be delighted with the improvement over the Maule SFSA but I do think you may not be much different to a Homebuilders wheel and you will have had to go to more trouble, spend more money, be puncture prone and have a tyre that can come off the rim. Anyway if you go pneumatic let us know what you think.
Rex.
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