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bgreen(at)bimi.org
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 Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 5:35 am Post subject: Flat tires... |
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I am building a Kolb MK III Extra, but have also flown many hours in Central America as a missionary pilot.
A policy that I have is to never patch an airplane tire tube if at all possible to replace it. I carrying a repair kit in the emergency tool kit in the plane and of course in a remote area there was no way to replace the tube. There is a lot riding on the tube. A patch can cause severe damage on landing if it did not “take”.
Just a thought.
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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
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| Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 8:44 am Post subject: Flat tires... |
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FWIW I always carried a spare TUBE in my 170. Didn't weigh much. Also didn't like the idea of a patch, and many airports didn't (& maybe still don't) have 8 x 6 tubes. Tailwheel is not all that necessary, so didn't carry a spare tube for that.
On May 29, 2009, at 9:29 AM, Bob Green wrote:
| Quote: | I am building a Kolb MK III Extra, but have also flown many hours in Central America as a missionary pilot.
A policy that I have is to never patch an airplane tire tube if at all possible to replace it. I carrying a repair kit in the emergency tool kit in the plane and of course in a remote area there was no way to replace the tube. There is a lot riding on the tube. A patch can cause severe damage on landing if it did not “take”.
Just a thought.
N830PB
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