---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/08/12: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:11 PM - Re: smooth tires (Paul A. Franz, P.E.) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:11:24 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: smooth tires From: "Paul A. Franz, P.E." On Sat, April 7, 2012 7:13 am, bjones@dmv.com wrote: > > smooth less likely to pick up stones and throw them into fabric That's a good point. > sand spurs can go thru thin skinned tires-cause lots of little slow leaks, > less likely with thicker tread type tires If you have inner tubes then there is a very nice product called tuff-skins. They are sold at bicycle shops. They absolutely prevent flats from sand burrs, cockle burrs and bits of glass at the edge of roadways. They are very light and thin and have a slightly sticky surface so you lay them in the inside of the tire in just the road contact area and then the inflated inner tube holds them in place. I think that ribbed tires are the best since they offer a slight resistance to skidding and aid landing on wet runways. In my opinion knobbies are just extra weight and air drag. They really pickup mud and splatter the bottom of the fuselage and even the wings in muddy conditions. Even landing on fresh mowed grass with knobbies splatters grass fragments that make green stains when the hit the aircraft. -- Paul A. Franz, P.E. PAF Consulting Engineers Office 425.440.9505 Cell 425.241.1618 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.