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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?) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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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 "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:SfkPe.280538$_o.72325@attbi_s71... Well, I'm thinking of taking Don's advice, and painting a line on the floor of the hangar... |
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On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 07:41:25 -0700, "RST Engineering"
wrote: Jay ... You probably never noticed, but there is a 1" wide red line from the "red dot" on the tires all the way down to the ground on the BlueOnBlue182. I can see that sucker and line it up on the ground while I'm pulling on the tow bar. You paint the line on the NEW tires before you hang them on the airplane. I'm going to invest in the new technology tubes, too, but the line is going to remain. You're going to have to fill up the tires at SOME time, and the red line is a cheap way of alignment. I went with them this time when I replaced the tires on the mains. At 6 weeks they were only down 4#. I would have needed to pump up the old ones at a minimum of every two weeks which I still do with the nose gear tire. It gets a new tire and tube soon even if the tire is still in pretty good shape. It's not only a pain to find I have to pump up the tires when I get to the hangar, but my air compressor keeps dumping the power to that row of hangars. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Jim "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:SfkPe.280538$_o.72325@attbi_s71... Well, I'm thinking of taking Don's advice, and painting a line on the floor of the hangar... |
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