REFLECTOR: TIRE PRESSURES

[Jim Sower]

Probably different tires.  Mine are slick but have dimples that serve 
the same purpose as the wear bars on auto tires - when the dimples 
disappear, you're out of rubber.  For my own part, I have no problem 
with waiting until I get down to the cord.  I seem to recall we did that 
with tactical jets and nobody got into any trouble.
Slick nose tires don't seem to kick up so much FOOD into the prop either 
... Jim S.


Randy Wharton wrote:

>Are your nose gear tires really slick out there? I have about as much tread
>on mine as on the mains.
>
>Randy Wharton
>
>Randy and Becky Wharton
>N248RB - Velocity XL-RG
>http://clik.to/velocity
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of Jim Sower
>Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 1:02 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: TIRE PRESSURES
>
>The "slick" nose tire everyone seems to be using ...
>
>John Dibble wrote:
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>
>>I know spinning is an issue and I wish I could have the best of both 
>>worlds. What type of tire was on the nose?
>>
>>John
>>
>>Jim Sower wrote:
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>>>I try to stay a little over inflated. I had a nose wheel get low and 
>>>at touchdown, the tire spun on the rim and sheared the valve stem 
>>>off. Took a whole day to find a new tube that even *remotely* fit, 
>>>and the tire was pretty banged up.
>>>Mains can spin that way too ... Jim S.
>>>
>>>John Dibble wrote:
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>>>
>>>>The factory has recommended pressures. I keep the mains at 40-45 
>>>>psig. Lower pressures increase the roll drag. However for a new 
>>>>Velocity pilot, a lower pressure (25-30psi) might provide extra 
>>>>cushion should you have a hard landing.
>>>>As posted a while back by Chuck Jensen, I keep the nose at 20 psi to 
>>>>reduce shimmy.
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>Tom Martino wrote:
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>>>>>For those flying ... what have you found as the best air pressure 
>>>>>for the MLG 600 X 6?And the "slick" nose tire.
>>>>>          
>>>>>