Tire tread wear vs inflation pressure

90% of the planes in the air have under-inflated tires. Seems to be
systemic.

That's because 90% of all GA aircraft are stuck with stupid,
1930s-technology inner tubes.

Of all the dumb things in aviation, that seems to be one of the
dumbest. Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.

If I had a tire like that on my car, it would be classified as a "slow
leak" and be repaired or replaced.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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"Jay Honeck" wrote:

Of all the dumb things in aviation, that seems to be one of the
dumbest. Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.

Be thankful that you have a hangar where you can do that work. For
those of us on a tie-down, it's even more of a pain.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Bob Noel wrote in news:ihatessppaamm-
:

Be thankful that you have a hangar where you can do that work. For
those of us on a tie-down, it's even more of a pain.

Good quality bicycle tire pump makes short order of this "chore" and I am
in a tie-down area.

I have one in my cargo. It has a pressure gauge on it already so when I
attached the air hose to it, I have a readout.

I am surprised at the other responses. I have only replaced my tires every
other year and I have averaged 200+ hours per year with an average of 300
landings per set.

I check the PSI maybe once every other week. I may lose 3 or 4 pounds PSI
between checks.

I use the garden variety Air Hawk $64.00 tire, nothing fancy.

Allen

In article ,
A Lieberma wrote:

Bob Noel wrote in news:ihatessppaamm-
:

Be thankful that you have a hangar where you can do that work. For
those of us on a tie-down, it's even more of a pain.

Good quality bicycle tire pump makes short order of this "chore" and I am
in a tie-down area.

well, one neat thing about a hangar is that checking the tire pressure
is a fine rainy day activity. And it's generally out of the wind. Plus,
for folks like Jay whose airplane has wheel pants, r/r of the pants
(wheel pants that is) is easier in a hangar than on the flight line.

--
Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

Jay Honeck wrote:
Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.


I over inflate 5 psi. Just to streatch things out to a month.

Getting under the wing and taking off that little hub cap, yech.

John

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Jay Honeck wrote:
Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.


I over inflate 5 psi. Just to streatch things out to a month.

Getting under the wing and taking off that little hub cap, yech.

John



Has anyone tried the Sporty's hub caps which have the little door to
permit you to check the pressure and/or add air without removing them?

--
Marty Shapiro
Silicon Rallye Inc.

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On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 19:43:01 GMT, Marty Shapiro
wrote:

The Visitor wrote in
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Jay Honeck wrote:
Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.


I over inflate 5 psi. Just to streatch things out to a month.

Getting under the wing and taking off that little hub cap, yech.

John



Has anyone tried the Sporty's hub caps which have the little door to
permit you to check the pressure and/or add air without removing them?

I keep asking...Why go to all this extra work when for the same or
less money and effort you can replace the old leaky ones with good
innertubes?
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Marty Shapiro wrote:


Has anyone tried the Sporty's hub caps which have the little door to
permit you to check the pressure and/or add air without removing them?

I had them on my 182 and now have them on my Bo. Makes the gear looker
neater.

On 3 Oct 2006 21:16:37 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

90% of the planes in the air have under-inflated tires. Seems to be
systemic.

That's because 90% of all GA aircraft are stuck with stupid,
1930s-technology inner tubes.

Of all the dumb things in aviation, that seems to be one of the
dumbest. Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.

As I've said before, spend the money for the new "low leak"
innertubes. They are well worth the money and the time to install.


If I had a tire like that on my car, it would be classified as a "slow
leak" and be repaired or replaced.

You can do the same with the ones on the airplane albeit the tubes are
a bit more than the ones for cars.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

"Roger (K8RI)" wrote in message
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On 3 Oct 2006 21:16:37 -0700, "Jay Honeck" wrote:

90% of the planes in the air have under-inflated tires. Seems to be
systemic.

That's because 90% of all GA aircraft are stuck with stupid,
1930s-technology inner tubes.

Of all the dumb things in aviation, that seems to be one of the
dumbest. Mary and I fill our tires every 14 days, and it's a pain in
the butt.

As I've said before, spend the money for the new "low leak"
innertubes. They are well worth the money and the time to install.

I have them and they are a vast improvement and they came free (that's what
the ad said anyway) with the tires from Desser.



If I had a tire like that on my car, it would be classified as a "slow
leak" and be repaired or replaced.

You can do the same with the ones on the airplane albeit the tubes are
a bit more than the ones for cars.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com