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kitfox_robert(at)yahoo.co
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 Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: Inexpensive Tundra Tires for 6"? |
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Alan and others,
Is Wagaero the place to buy the inexpensive Blimp-Tundra tires and tubes. What size would be equivlant to the Tubeless 26" Alaska Bush Tire for a 6" wheel? Does anyone have any pics of a Fox on huge Bush Tires? PS Big Rocks and Long Props has a second film DVD out now. Has any one seen it? The first video is great.
Robert
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San Diego
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aldaniels(at)fmtcblue.com
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject: Inexpensive Tundra Tires for 6"? |
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SkyGeek is were I got mine. They were about $100 less per set than
Wagaero and the shipping was free. Desser also has them. I understand
that there is a low cost car inner tube that will work instead of using
8:50x6 tubes which are really expensive, if you can get them.
Inexpensive is relative. Blimp -tunda tires are less than half of true
tundra tires but will still set you back close to a grand. The only
downside is that if you run less than about 10 psi you risk slipping the
tire on the rim and tearing out the valve stem. That would be a real
pain to repair in the field. I have considered making a hole in the tire
to put the valve stem out or even pushing the valve stem inside the
wheel to prevent the problem. The tires work great and I can't imagine
why you would need bigger.
I was just on a search for the County Sheriffs Office. Well it really
was not a search as they knew were the plane was and just wanted it
checked out as it was in a very remote area. It looked like a local
flying a Kitfox like plane - Just Aircraft- was doing some practice
landings on top of a narrow short ridge and came in a little short and
he just could not quite handle that 50% + slope before it leveled off
some. It looked like the right gear failed, but other than that it
looked not badly damaged, but I was a few hundred feet up in an RV-6. It
looked easy to repair but hard to get out. Speaking of Long prop video
we had an interesting wreck here this summer at Owyhee reservoir. Seems
this guy in a Husky wanted to water sky his plane. Well the spinning
tires threw water up on his plane so he set the parking brake and was
having a good old time airplane skiing. He decided he wanted to land at
the little dirt strip for the call of nature or something and all was
going well until he touched down. Seems he forgot to take the parking
brake off and went dirty side up. We had another plane get destroyed
doing the water landing to beach thing on the reservoir this last summer
but I don't have the details on that one. I guess you don't really
know what the limit is until you start bending stuff.
Robert Harris wrote:
| Quote: | Alan and others,
Is *Wagaero* the place to buy the inexpensive Blimp-Tundra tires and
tubes. *What size* would be equivlant to the Tubeless 26" Alaska Bush
Tire for a 6" wheel? Does anyone have any pics of a Fox on huge Bush
Tires? PS Big Rocks and Long Props has a second film DVD out now. Has
any one seen it? The first video is great.
Robert
N200KF 0200
San Diego
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