Replacement tires? Mod IV

[beeryboats]

Hooray! My tires showed up today. They are not exactly the shape I thought they would be though. I expected a rounded balloon doughnut cross section and these look like drag slicks that went flat. Is that normal?

[GWright6970]

Yes... that is the normal look. As stated above, take off the wrapping/straps/cord and let them expand. I'd bring them in the house to warm up as much as possible.

To get that bead to set on the rim properly, it has to expand more than a normal tire does... easy in the summer, tough right now!

[Dave F]

Hooray! My tires showed up today. They are not exactly the shape I thought they would be though. I expected a rounded balloon doughnut cross section and these look like drag slicks that went flat. Is that normal?

did you look at this vidoe I posted yesterday?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-9FadDDko

YOu can see there tire as you describe --look after inflated.

[Dave F]

Yes... that is the normal look. As stated above, take off the wrapping/straps/cord and let them expand. I'd bring them in the house to warm up as much as possible.

To get that bead to set on the rim properly, it has to expand more than a normal tire does... easy in the summer, tough right now!

I have had these tires come in in stacks and they all collapsed together.
when cold it is a buggar to get them to stretch out ........... even more a b@$tch to seat them....... hence ether

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mE-9FadDDko

[metalman]

Hooray! My tires showed up today. They are not exactly the shape I thought they would be though. I expected a rounded balloon doughnut cross section and these look like drag slicks that went flat. Is that normal?

Any chance of a pic or two once you've got them on, I already own four of them ( intransit) but would still like to see them on a wheel?
Dave F are these tyres on your Kitfox in the YouTube stuff you've got up?
Matty

[t j]

King Fox tires

[Dave F]

Any chance of a pic or two once you've got them on...

Yes. Kingfox. Tiress

The other 21" x12". Are just about the same

http://www.cfisher.com/kingfox.html

[metalman]

Thanks, looks good, the description" slick gone flat" got me thinking I'd bought the wrong tyres,
All good lookin forward to getting them now :-)

[Dave F]

I fully expect to see some good videos are some kick ass flying lots of mud rocks and alot of water thank you

[metalman]

I'll give it a red hot try, either that or some footage of a nice plane getting banged up,
;-)
Matty