---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 05/03/17: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 02:06 PM - Tires and Inner Tubes (Bill Berle) 2. 02:48 PM - Re: Tires and Inner Tubes (George Helton) 3. 03:30 PM - Re: Tires and Inner Tubes (Larry Cottrell) 4. 08:57 PM - 447 & prop for sale, need a 277 prop (Richard Pike) 5. 11:25 PM - Re: Tires and Inner Tubes (Bill Berle) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 02:06:37 PM PST US From: Bill Berle Subject: Kolb-List: Tires and Inner Tubes Hi Kolbers, One of the (many) options I'm looking at for tires is to start off with the "usual suspects" (Carlisle Turf Glide 8.00 x 6) for the initial flights and familiarization... and then go to the larger "bush" tires after I have some experience in the airplane. The Carlisle tires are less expensive, so if I tear them up or puncture them while I'm learning how a Kolb flies it will set me back less money. But I cannot figure out what inner tube to use with these tires, and the local tire shop tells me they can get the tires but not the matching Carlisle inner tubes. Wal Mart's website shows a whole lot of inner tubes, but I can't seem to find the one for 8.00 x 6 tires. Even Carlisle's website does not appear to list an 8.00 x 6 inner tube. If I do start off with the Turf Glide tire, which make and model inner tube is the best for it? Bill Berle www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 02:48:01 PM PST US From: George Helton Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tires and Inner Tubes Bill, have you considered going tubeless. A little less weight and a lot less hassle. Just a suggestion. George H. Firestar 1, #FS100 14GDH gdhelton@gmail.com Have a great day! > On May 3, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Bill Berle wrote: > > > Hi Kolbers, > > One of the (many) options I'm looking at for tires is to start off with the "usual suspects" (Carlisle Turf Glide 8.00 x 6) for the initial flights and familiarization... and then go to the larger "bush" tires after I have some experience in the airplane. > > The Carlisle tires are less expensive, so if I tear them up or puncture them while I'm learning how a Kolb flies it will set me back less money. > > But I cannot figure out what inner tube to use with these tires, and the local tire shop tells me they can get the tires but not the matching Carlisle inner tubes. > > Wal Mart's website shows a whole lot of inner tubes, but I can't seem to find the one for 8.00 x 6 tires. > > Even Carlisle's website does not appear to list an 8.00 x 6 inner tube. > > If I do start off with the Turf Glide tire, which make and model inner tube is the best for it? > > Bill Berle > www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft > www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 03:30:44 PM PST US From: Larry Cottrell Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tires and Inner Tubes Of all the things that you might break or ruin learning to fly a Kolb, tires are the last things that will suffer. I still have the original tires that came with my plane. Nothing wrong with them other than they did not fit my intended plans for the plane although I used them for at least ten years. The rims are a different story however. If your primary use as I suspect will be on civilized runways the 800X6 would be a good choice. Its 19 inches tall with a good tread. I just paid $75 a tube from McCreary for these tundra's. While I am at it, I am a bit disappointed by these tundra tires. I have been trying to balance them and one of them required about 6-7 oz of weight to balance, I presume because its out of round. Larry ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 08:57:44 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: 447 & prop for sale, need a 277 prop From: "Richard Pike" Today luck smiled on a po' boy; got a fresh from Lockwood Rotax 277, 0 time, w/2.58:1 box. Hasn't even been broken in. That lighter engine will make our cobbed together Firefly Gen-You Wine-Ly Part 103 legal w/o having to cut n' scrape the details. Which means that we now need a 277 size pusher prop. It you have something in this range: 56 X 32 - 58 X 30 - 60 X 28 - 62 X 26 - please pm me, and we can haggle. On the flip side of that; we now have a very healthy 447 engine with a 66 X 34 freshly refurbished & balanced Tennessee Propellers prop to sell; it turns 6,000 static on the 447 and the numbers on the CHT & EGT and plugs are correct. I will be posting a YouTube video of this beast in action as soon as the weather improves. It is a hoss! PM thegreybaron(at) charter.net if you are interested in any of this stuff. Or if you think I might be interested in any of your stuff. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Forgiving is tough. Being forgiven is wonderful. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=468948#468948 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 11:25:50 PM PST US From: Bill Berle Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tires and Inner Tubes I had not thought of tubeless, only because I want to be able to change a tube out in the field if it becomes necessary. This requires a split rim, which does not allow tubeless mounting. Bill Berle www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 5/3/17, George Helton wrote: Subject: Re: Kolb-List: Tires and Inner Tubes To: kolb-list@matronics.com Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2017, 2:47 PM Helton Bill, have you considered going tubeless. A little less weight and a lot less hassle. Just a suggestion. George H. Firestar 1, #FS100 14GDH gdhelton@gmail.com Have a great day! > On May 3, 2017, at 5:06 PM, Bill Berle wrote: > > --> Kolb-List message posted by: Bill Berle > > Hi Kolbers, > > One of the (many) options I'm looking at for tires is to start off with the "usual suspects" (Carlisle Turf Glide 8.00 x 6) for the initial flights and familiarization... and then go to the larger "bush" tires after I have some experience in the airplane. > > The Carlisle tires are less expensive, so if I tear them up or puncture them while I'm learning how a Kolb flies it will set me back less money. > > But I cannot figure out what inner tube to use with these tires, and the local tire shop tells me they can get the tires but not the matching Carlisle inner tubes. > > Wal Mart's website shows a whole lot of inner tubes, but I can't seem to find the one for 8.00 x 6 tires. > > Even Carlisle's website does not appear to list an 8.00 x 6 inner tube. > > If I do start off with the Turf Glide tire, which make and model inner tube is the best for it? > > Bill Berle > www.ezflaphandle.com - safety & performance upgrade for light aircraft > www.grantstar.net - winning proposals for non-profit and for-profit entities > > > > The Kolb-List Email Forum - Navigator to browse List Un/Subscription, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, - MATRONICS WEB FORUMS - via the Web Forums! - NEW MATRONICS LIST WIKI - Email List Wiki! - List Contribution Web Site - support! -Matt Dralle, List Admin. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-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/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-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.