RV6 with Tundra Tires

dtw_rv6 · #1 10-28-2018, 06:01 AM

Has anyone ever mounted large tundra tires on their RV? I'd love to do some back country flying like the Flying Cowboys, but I'm not ready to buy a second airplane.

I'm thinking that a beefed up tailwheel and mains could be attached for the few missions I'd take each year, then swap it back out for the normal profile when I want to go fast...

Don

humptybump · #2 10-28-2018, 06:22 AM

Hi Don,

This topic seems to come up every few years. It’s not always easy to find older stuff on VAF. Here is a link to an old thread describing an RV with 8.50x600 on Matco wheels ...

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...d.php?t=120098

Addendum: there are a number of RV’s with 380x15 tyres which fit on the standard Bans axles. There are also several RV’s flying with 6.00 tires including a very nice RV-14 which also used a Maule tailwheel.

dtw_rv6 · #3 10-28-2018, 06:24 AM

Cool! I didn't find it in my search. Thanks!

scsmith · #4 10-28-2018, 11:53 AM

I have 380 x 150 - 5 tires on my RV-8. On grass strips, gravel, even packed sandy surfaces like at my gliderport, the larger tires are great, a really noticeable improvement.

I would not say, however, that they rise to the level of back-country tires. I wouldn't land on sand dunes or gravel bars with them, or even a field full of squirrel holes.