| Sam Buchanan |
01-01-2015 05:07 PM |
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Originally Posted by Walt
(Post 946386)
....If you get into that 15-20 range you are just begging for trouble......
On another note I wonder how many folks actually check their tire pressures every 30 days?
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With our little 5.00x5 tires 15-20lbs looks FLAT! You would have to be very inattentive to let them get that low. Looking at the tires is part of the pre-flight, and it's possible to get pretty good at sensing low pressure once we have learned the plane. I keep 26-35 lbs in the RV-6 and (knocking on wood....) haven't had a flat in 16 years. More than 35 on the RV-6's springy gear is more harsh than I can stand.
My experience with leak-stop tubes has been that air needs to be added about every two months to keep pressure within 2-3 lbs of target pressure.
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Originally Posted by DonFromTX
(Post 946420)
Why do they leak down so bad? My unfinished plane has never been out of the garage, and they lose air regularly, still have the stickers on them.
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Don, you are probably seeing leakage from the original, natural rubber kit tubes which are quite porous. The "leak-stop" tubes are made of some sort of synthetic rubber (like auto and motorsickle tubes) which maintains pressure much better. You will want those tubes once you start flying.
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