markserbu
Active Member
In the almost 3 years that I've owned my RV-8A, it's been nearly trouble-free except for brakes and tires! I have had a flat nose wheel twice, and this right main just went from a slow leak to something that won't hold air for more than 15 minutes. I thought this tire was brand new, and it certainly had no wear when it was installed. Didn't realize there was a patch in it! A question I have for the group: This is a Goodyear Flight Custom III, which is 6-ply, rated for 160 mph and seems to be way overkill for this plane. Do folks generally use these on RVs? Seems the Flight Special II is a better choice...4-ply and 120 mph. Not to mention $130 cheaper and 2 pounds lighter. The hole in the tube is odd...it matches up with the sidewall and unless someone stuck it with an ice pick (which didn't happen), I don't know how it got there. Doesn't really look like a clean puncture...anyone have any theories? Got a new tube coming so it doesn't really matter at this point. BTW, I'm making a proper jack but didn't have time to get it finished before I needed to jack up the plane. I used a Harbor Freight jack and machined an interface piece out of .50 BMG gun barrel scrap. When finished it'll have a tripod structure to keep it from falling over.