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I have been flying my RV9A for a little over three years now and for the
most part it has been very trouble free. Yesterday I had my second flat
tire on the nose wheel. On both occasions I had checked the tires before
I departed my home airport, landed without incident at another airport a
nd when I started to leave an hour later the nose tire was flat. With a
great deal of effort I was able to get the tire off, the tube out, my spa
re tube installed and the tire back on. The first tube failed with a ver
y slight split on the side wall. The second tube failed with a very smal
l pin hole in the side wall. On very careful examination of the tire I c
ould find nothing that would cause the failures. Has any one else had th
is kind of trouble? If so how have you resolved it? I am considering bu
ying another wheel and carrying an inflated tire and wheel as a spare ins
tead of just the tube.
Thanks for your help and interest,
Dick Watson
N509RW
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