Mark Langford wrote: > Please consider this carefully. 5-500 tires look (and are) pretty huge on a > KR. I have the "standard" 11x4.0-5 Lamb tires, on 5-500 wheels, and that > works fine. I fly in and out of grass strips a lot with this setup > (including wheel pants) and it's just not a problem. I don't know that you > need the ground clearance, especially with a taildragger, unless you're > running a large diameter aircraft prop. My recommnedation would be to avoid > Cleveland brakes and go for some like Tracy Obrien sells. They are much > cheaper, lighter, and are easier to fit wheelpants to. > Thanks for the update. I know that N1333A came with 3.40x3.00x5 on the mains and 2.80x2.50x4 on the front, as well as drum brakes on the mains, non differential. I'm not happy with any of that. This is a Tri Gear, so I would like the additional ground clearence for the prop (I'm increasing the engine to 2180). I'm getting rid of that retractable landing gear and going fixed. Thanks for the info on the brakes also. Nothing is carved in stone so far EXCEPT this plane has got to be easily maintained, accessible and SAFE. Even the tri gear is up for discussion as I REALLY like the looks of the taildragger KR's (the tri gear is easier to trailer IMHO). Anyone else have ommendations on the gear and tires?
-- Glenn Martin Owner Martek Mississippi 13238 Hudson-Krohn Rd Biloxi, MS, 39532 rep...@martekmississippi.com
