Kurt, I will check my hangar tomorrow to see if I have a used one. Might get you flying a couple weeks sooner.
M Stockhill On Thu, Jun 10, 2021, 6:03 PM Kurt Redinbaugh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Ian and Kristin. > There are no tubes available in the U.S. at the moment. They are expected > within the next two weeks so I have to wait until I get one of the three > (!) I have in order to arrive and try your suggestions. > I am an apprentice A & P and this counts as a learning experience for sure! > k > > On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 3:46 PM Ian Mc Phee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Not with Dimona but with other glider main wheels I have been known to >> use a piece of Mylar (or clear hard plastic) and double sided Tesa tape >> over the join. The just the right pressure in tube should work. >> >> Yes the aero Clasic 280/250-4 is now made in China but they are very >> good compared to the cheap mower tyres. >> >> Ian McPhee >> 0428847642 >> Box 657 Byron Bay NSW 2481 >> >> On Wed, 9 Jun. 2021, 00:18 Kristin Nowell, <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi Kurt, >>> >>> We had the same problem, and solved it by using longer bolts to evenly >>> bring the two halves together. With the original taiilwheel bolts, you >>> can't get even pressure and wind up pinching the tube. Talc it and inflate >>> the tube just enough to make it round, no more. The solution was my idea >>> so I'm writing instead of Tom! Cheers, Kristin >>> >>> On Tue, Jun 8, 2021 at 12:13 AM Kurt Redinbaugh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello all >>>> I encountered a severe gust 90 degrees to the runway I had just landed >>>> on. I held full rudder and avoided a ground loop but I tore up the tail >>>> wheel tire. I ordered a 4.80 x 2.50 tire and tube set from Aircraft Spruce >>>> and when received I found that the tire, branded Specialty Tires of >>>> America, is made in China (go figure) and the tube is made in Viet Nam. >>>> When I try to mount the tire and tube combination on the two part wheel I >>>> find that the inner diameter of the tube is just small enough that when I >>>> tuck the tube to clear two of the bolts the tube pulls toward the center >>>> and pinches in the area of the third bolt. I have tried no air in the tube, >>>> moderate air and full air in the tube. I have now torn two holes in the >>>> tube and no joy in getting the two halves together. I need the wisdom of >>>> the DOG to get back in the air. >>>> Thank you in advance >>>> Kurt >>>> >>>>> N13EB s/n 3660 >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>>
