"Tundra Tires"?

[JorgeEC-YUQ]

My Kitfox III with the Desser 27" tyres and Matco 8" wide tailwheel. Didn't fly it yet, still working on the installation of the double caliper ...

[Monocock]

That's a great looking Kitfox!

Out of interest, have you got the single arm Matco tail wheel or the double arm one?

[Slyfox]

how much did they slow the airplane down

[dynomike]

What a transformation.looks great! !

[Foxfan2]

They look really nice. I just got my 27" Aero Classics installed with Matco wheels and brakes. I love the tires but I'm disappointed with the single puck brakes. You made the right choice with double puck. I might have to go that way. I started with 10 psi but I'm now at 7 and think I'll keep coming down. They don't look deflected at all with 7 psi and it's easy to push around. Might have to carry a step stool to get in. By the way, I measured them on my bench with 10 psi and they are exactly 27 inches.

[dynomike]

I have about a hundred pavement landings on mine now and the little molding strip in the center is still there. I think there going to last a long time

[Jerrytex]

Wow. Nice looking tire. Yeah I am curious too, how much they slowed you down.

I searched for options but I ended up going back with Nanco 21". I did get almost 300 landings out of them all on pavement with no problems. I am going to run a little higher pressure from now on, and the new ones seem to be less "out of round", so I don't get the bad vibration on take off. We'll see how it goes.

The Dresser 27" were way, way out of my price range but they sure look cool.

[jrevens]

I got a set of the Aero Classic 8.50-6 22” tundra tires and tubes for my bird. I’m thinking that perhaps it would be a good idea to forego using talcum powder inside the tires when installing the tubes since they are a low-pressure tire. My thinking is that it might make it less likely that the tubes could shift in the tires. Any thoughts?

[Esser]

Seems like good reasoning to me John. One other direction of thinking:

I do think that a lot of the stem shear is from the tire rotating and dragging the tube with it which pulls on the stem. Maybe copious amounts of talc would be better so the tire can move with out pulling the tube with it? I have heard of people using short small screws to hold the bead stationary to the rim? Also, maybe you would regret this, but maybe you could use windshield urethane to hold the tire in place?

[jiott]

I think that is an excellent idea John. On initial installation of tubes into the tires maybe do several extra inflation/deflation cycles to help the tube slide around and seat itself without any wrinkles.