---------------------------------------------------------- RV9-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 10/08/06: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:43 PM - Nose wheel tube (Watson Colleen) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:43:53 PM PST US From: "Watson Colleen" Subject: RV9-List: Nose wheel tube 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