All this military equipment on our gliders!

No great surprise I suppose given the post war period in which they were
built.

My Foka 5 uses a Me109  tyre.

On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Leigh Bunting <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> Time to change it to something else that is close in size, like a Tost
> wheel. I'm sure other ES60 owners have done something similar.
>
> I replaced the Spitfire/Wirraway tailwheel hub on my GB and saved a kg.
> and a half in weight.
>
> Cheers
> Leigh
>
> On 11 Mar 2017 09:06, Christopher McDonnell <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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> My proto Schneider ES 60 has a 4.95 x 3.5 tyre and only Dunlop still have
> it in stock.
> In their list it is a military tyre for the tail wheel of Hawker
> Hurricanes *only*.
> Since it is military The UK government require an ‘end user
> undertaking/certificate’ before it can be sold to me.
> There is a lot of work in getting one of those things signed off.
>
> Chris
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