---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 03/23/12: 6 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:29 AM - Re: Balance Tires (rawheels) 2. 07:47 AM - Re: Re: Balance Tires (Lowell Fitt) 3. 09:49 AM - Re: Balance Tires (rawheels) 4. 11:48 AM - Re: Re: Balance Tires (Noel Loveys) 5. 01:07 PM - Re: Re: Balance Tires (Marco Menezes) 6. 02:14 PM - Re: Re: Balance Tires (Noel Loveys) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:29:13 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires From: "rawheels" Certified tires will be marked with a red dot/line at the lightest point. You simply match that up with the valve stem on the tube to get close. After that, aircraft tires are generally considered to be self-balancing; The heaviest part of the tire falls to the bottom of the wheel in flight, and gets rubbed off when the wheel touches the pavement. Now for those of us using off the shelf ATV tires and/or flying 90% off of sod/dirt, it is a good idea to balance them. Those tires won't be held to the same tolerances and grass won't "balance" the tires for you. -------- Ryan Wheeler Kitfox IV-1200 Indianapolis, IN Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369214#369214 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:47:20 AM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires I'm probably missing something here, but with the exception of a little vibration after immediate lift off, which can be handled with a brief touch of the brakes, what risks am I incurring by not balancing my tires? Lowell -------------------------------------------------- From: "rawheels" Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:28 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires > > Certified tires will be marked with a red dot/line at the lightest point. > You simply match that up with the valve stem on the tube to get close. > After that, aircraft tires are generally considered to be self-balancing; > The heaviest part of the tire falls to the bottom of the wheel in flight, > and gets rubbed off when the wheel touches the pavement. > > Now for those of us using off the shelf ATV tires and/or flying 90% off of > sod/dirt, it is a good idea to balance them. Those tires won't be held to > the same tolerances and grass won't "balance" the tires for you. > > -------- > Ryan Wheeler > Kitfox IV-1200 > Indianapolis, IN > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369214#369214 > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 09:49:54 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires From: "rawheels" lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net wrote: > I'm probably missing something here, but with the exception of a little > vibration after immediate lift off, which can be handled with a brief touch > of the brakes, what risks am I incurring by not balancing my tires? That is a good question. At our speeds there probably isn't much, and the plane is designed to handle bush landings, right? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369237#369237 ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 11:48:02 AM PST US From: "Noel Loveys" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires Lowell: Ever had a car that the weights fell off the tires? Well I have and vibration occurs somewhere after forty or fifty miles an hour... long after a Kitfox is up in the air. Some Cessnas and the like land at much higher speeds and wheel balance will be of more importance to them as their tires are heavier, turn faster and they don't land hard enough to self balance. Noel -----Original Message----- From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lowell Fitt Sent: March 23, 2012 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires I'm probably missing something here, but with the exception of a little vibration after immediate lift off, which can be handled with a brief touch of the brakes, what risks am I incurring by not balancing my tires? Lowell -------------------------------------------------- From: "rawheels" Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:28 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires > > Certified tires will be marked with a red dot/line at the lightest point. > You simply match that up with the valve stem on the tube to get close. > After that, aircraft tires are generally considered to be > self-balancing; The heaviest part of the tire falls to the bottom of > the wheel in flight, and gets rubbed off when the wheel touches the pavement. > > Now for those of us using off the shelf ATV tires and/or flying 90% > off of sod/dirt, it is a good idea to balance them. Those tires won't > be held to the same tolerances and grass won't "balance" the tires for you. > > -------- > Ryan Wheeler > Kitfox IV-1200 > Indianapolis, IN > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369214#369214 > > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:07:49 PM PST US From: Marco Menezes Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires Then again, there them that tow their Foxes, on the mains, down the road at highway speeds.-:-0=0A-=0AMarco Menezes N99KX=0AModel 2 582-90 C-Box 3 :1 w/clutch=0AHersey, MI=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0AFrom: N oel Loveys =0ATo: kitfox-list@matronics.com =0ASent: F riday, March 23, 2012 2:47 PM=0ASubject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires >=0A=0ALowell: Ever had a car that the weights fell off the tires?- Well I have and=0Avibration occurs somewhere after forty or fifty miles an hour. .. long after=0Aa Kitfox is up in the air.- Some Cessnas and the like lan d at much higher=0Aspeeds and wheel balance will be of more importance to t hem as their tires=0Aare heavier, turn faster and they don't land hard enou gh to self balance.=0A=0ANoel=0A=0A-----Original Message-----=0AFrom: owner -kitfox-list-server@matronics.com=0A[mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matron ics.com] On Behalf Of Lowell Fitt=0ASent: March 23, 2012 12:17 PM=0ATo: kit fox-list@matronics.com=0ASubject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires=0A=0A- =0AI'm probably missing something here, but with the exception of a little =0Avibration after immediate lift off, which can be handled with a brief to uch=0Aof the brakes, what risks am I incurring by not balancing my tires? =0ALowell=0A=0A--------------------------------------------------=0AFrom: " rawheels" =0ASent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:28 AM=0ATo: =0ASubject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires=0A =0A> Certified tires will be marked with a red dot/line at the lightest poi nt. =0A> You simply match that up with the valve stem on the tube to get cl ose. =0A> After that, aircraft tires are generally considered to be =0A> se lf-balancing; The heaviest part of the tire falls to the bottom of =0A> the wheel in flight, and gets rubbed off when the wheel touches the=0Apavement .=0A>=0A> Now for those of us using off the shelf ATV tires and/or flying 9 0% =0A> off of sod/dirt, it is a good idea to balance them.- Those tires won't =0A> be held to the same tolerances and grass won't "balance" the tir es for=0Ayou.=0A>=0A> --------=0A> Ryan Wheeler=0A> Kitfox IV-1200=0A> Indi anapolis, IN=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> Read this topic online here:=0A>=0A> http: //forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369214#369214=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A>=0A> =========================0A = ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 02:14:28 PM PST US From: "Noel Loveys" Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires I didn't think anybody did that anymore. Something to do with the tires being approved for use on a highway. Then again if the cop doesn't ask... Don't tell! Noel From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Marco Menezes Sent: March 23, 2012 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires Then again, there them that tow their Foxes, on the mains, down the road at highway speeds. :-0 Marco Menezes N99KX Model 2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch Hersey, MI From: Noel Loveys Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 2:47 PM Subject: RE: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires Lowell: Ever had a car that the weights fell off the tires? Well I have and vibration occurs somewhere after forty or fifty miles an hour... long after a Kitfox is up in the air. Some Cessnas and the like land at much higher speeds and wheel balance will be of more importance to them as their tires are heavier, turn faster and they don't land hard enough to self balance. Noel -----Original Message----- From: owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-kitfox-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Lowell Fitt Sent: March 23, 2012 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires I'm probably missing something here, but with the exception of a little vibration after immediate lift off, which can be handled with a brief touch of the brakes, what risks am I incurring by not balancing my tires? Lowell -------------------------------------------------- From: "rawheels" Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 6:28 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Balance Tires > > Certified tires will be marked with a red dot/line at the lightest point. > You simply match that up with the valve stem on the tube to get close. > After that, aircraft tires are generally considered to be > self-balancing; The heaviest part of the tire falls to the bottom of > the wheel in flight, and gets rubbed off when the wheel touches the pavement. > > Now for those of us using off the shelf ATV tires and/or flying 90% > off of sod/dirt, it is a good idea to balance them. Those tires won't > be held to the same tolerances and grass won't "balance" the tires for you. > > -------- > Ryan Wheeler > Kitfox IV-1200 > Indianapolis, IN > > > Read this topic online here: > > http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=369214#369214 > > > = nbsp; =============== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.