REFLECTOR: Tires (was Main gear toe-in)

[Pat Shea]

I tried some Goodyear Flight Customs on my XLRG but
they didn't leave enough clearance between the tires
and the lips of the main gear wells. Although the
diameter is close the same, the Goodyear's have
squared off shoulders compared to the Condor's which
are more round. This resulted in approx. 3/8" less
clearance going into the well. Those w/ more clearance
(or fixed gears) should be fine.

Pat 


--- Ron Brown <romott at adelphia.net> wrote:
> Whoops - I hit the send button too quickly - here's
> the Aviation Consumer article:
> http://www.desser.com/epdf/ACJuneFinal04-dtr.pdf
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Ron Brown 
>   To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
>   Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:00 PM
>   Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Main gear toe-in
> 
>   By the way, considering new tires - our Condors
> are not the best tire for tread wear.  Aviation
> Consumer tested a number of tires and the best tread
> wear per cost is the Goodyear Flight Custom - twice
> as good as the Condor.  And the extra tread depth of
> the Goodyear does not equate to a larger diameter
> tire - it is the same as the Condor.
> 
>   Ronnie



		
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