tundra tires
Hello from Alaska,
It is the start of the Iditarod today and a fine day for the event. 10 degrees
and snowing. I think I will stay in the shop and finish connecting the cabin heat for the RV-9.
Here are a few answers, and a warning. This is a modification to your RV that others will not like. You will get some grief.
I had to get one (1") longer axles for the RV-9 in order to use the 6" wheels.
I got the longer gear legs from the same person that makes the gear legs for Van's. Mr Harmon Lange, whose cell phone number is 503-781-4147, he also has a web site. He will just make a set of these during a normal run of regular gear legs. Of course it costs a little extra but you can send your other gear legs back to Van's for a credit or delete them from the original order. The bolt hole for the attachment to the motor mount will be in the right place. The gears legs will not be painted, I had mine powdercoated. There will not be a hole in the axle for the cotter pin, but I think that is standard anyway.
The 6" wheels I bought from Grove Landing gear,
www.groveaircraft.com. Again either delete or return the 5" to/from Van's.
The above set up will be a little too large for the standard wheel pants for the 5" wheels and the RV-10 wheel pants will look out of place on the 9. I have the regular size wheel pants and will make them fit the 6" wheels some how. After all this is experimental.
The tail wheel and tail wheel stinger upgrades I got from:
Aviation Products, Inc
114 Bryant St.
Ojai, CA 93023
ph/fax (805) 646-6042
I even got a stainless steel stinger for the tail wheel from these folks.
Here is a thread from VAF:
http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=5361
I don't seem to be able to figure out how to insert links or pictures into this message very well. Probably just to lazy to try, I would rather be in the shop building an RV. I plan on flying this RV-9 this summer.
Anyone that wants more info on this (or anything else I can help with) can email me or call.
Mike Ice
Anchorage, Alaska
907-344-4401
[email protected]