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Old August 25th 05, 03:06 PM
Jay Honeck
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Jay, there should be a red balance dot on the tire where the valve stem
is. You can use this to position the valve stem in the window. The right
air chuck can make things easy (or impossible) too.


Well, I'm thinking of taking Don's advice, and painting a line on the floor
of the hangar...

;-)

Seriously, I don't know if we'd even be able to see a dot. The stupid fancy
pants stick out pretty far, and Mary (or I) will have to stand on our heads
to see the tire sidewall at all.

No, I think the solution (or, at least, an abatement to the problem) is to
put in the newer inner tubes that don't leak.

(WHY am I not surprised to hear that airplanes still use 1940s-era tire
technology?)
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Jay Honeck
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Old August 25th 05, 03:41 PM
RST Engineering
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Jay ...

You probably never noticed, but there is a 1" wide red line from the "red
dot" on the tires all the way down to the ground on the BlueOnBlue182. I
can see that sucker and line it up on the ground while I'm pulling on the
tow bar.

You paint the line on the NEW tires before you hang them on the airplane.

I'm going to invest in the new technology tubes, too, but the line is going
to remain. You're going to have to fill up the tires at SOME time, and the
red line is a cheap way of alignment.

Jim


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Well, I'm thinking of taking Don's advice, and painting a line on the
floor of the hangar...



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Old August 26th 05, 06:54 AM
Roger
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:41:25 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote:

Jay ...

You probably never noticed, but there is a 1" wide red line from the "red
dot" on the tires all the way down to the ground on the BlueOnBlue182. I
can see that sucker and line it up on the ground while I'm pulling on the
tow bar.

You paint the line on the NEW tires before you hang them on the airplane.

I'm going to invest in the new technology tubes, too, but the line is going
to remain. You're going to have to fill up the tires at SOME time, and the
red line is a cheap way of alignment.


I went with them this time when I replaced the tires on the mains. At
6 weeks they were only down 4#. I would have needed to pump up the
old ones at a minimum of every two weeks which I still do with the
nose gear tire. It gets a new tire and tube soon even if the tire is
still in pretty good shape.

It's not only a pain to find I have to pump up the tires when I get to
the hangar, but my air compressor keeps dumping the power to that row
of hangars.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Jim


"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Well, I'm thinking of taking Don's advice, and painting a line on the
floor of the hangar...


 




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