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Joe George

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 3

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: model 3 tires

Tractor supply has 20.00 x7.00 x8 tires for about $55.00 with knobs in 6

rows around the tire.  about 150 / 200 total.  is there an easy way to

remove them?



regards,



Joe

dave(at)cfisher.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:25 am Post subject: model 3 tires

Why buy knobbies when you can get the real tire for  I think 40$ 

Ask John McBean or  search for MIPPI Ultralights in Mich.

Dave 

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eskflyer(at)lvcisp.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 4:29 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

look at the Kenda tire 20x7x8 they are only 20. for each . I buy mine from 

rocky mountain atv

www.rockymountainatvmc.com

1-800-336-5437

they are great and with the lugs work wonderful they are not like the cheng 

shin original tires that are stripped of the lugs , by the way the cheng 

shin tires only cost 20. each and resell for 115. each when trimmed of the 

lugs .



John Perry

kitfox 2 N718PD



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dave(at)cfisher.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 5:30 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

http://www.mipowerparachute.com/Tires.html



read that 40$ each



no idea why you would mess around removing lugs.



Also --seach out gold cart wheels  16.5 or 18.5 should work fine on   8 " 

rim .



Dave

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eskflyer(at)lvcisp.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

all these tires are only 2 ply , which is why i like the kenda tire with the 

straight lug they deflect the stickers and catus and goat heads and such . I 

no longer have flats to deal with lol . also the 2 ply tires quickly wear 

out on pavement if doing alot of flying and your gear is not tracked right .



Just my humble opinion and noone made me say these things .

John Perry

Kitfox 2 N718PDF

fly safe fly low fly slow and have FUN

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dave(at)cfisher.com
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Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:31 am Post subject: model 3 tires

John , Very good point  there on the 2 ply tires.

If you are flying off paved mostly perhpas a golf cart style tire would fare 

better plus they are still fairly tall and wide to give good flotation on 

soft ground.



No cactus up here in Canada    ;-0



Dave

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

A thought or two on tires.



A friend had the flatter tread golf cart type tires and will tell you that 

the flat tread caused a significant cruise speed reduction.  I understand 

the rap on the knobby tires is that they can catch and throw rocks - not 

good for fabric wings, though another guy in our group has worn his knobbys 

nearly flat and has no wing holes.



I have the big two ply puppies and have three years and about three hundred 

hours on them and my log book says just about one landing on average per 

hour, mostly on pavement.  I don't see any cord yet.  There is a guy in the 

neighborhood - a CFI - that used to give me my bi-annual flight review and 

he loved low level stuff - you know, the down the runway dance with first 

right tire then left and so on.  The only problem was  I couldn't convince 

him that the visual track in a Kitfox was not like a Cessna.  I changed 

tires out after every review and once after he took a guy up - or I guess 

more accurately down and sideways for the hour his insurance needed.  I've 

got a new guy now.



The point is; if your tires are wearing quickly, check your alignment with 

the runway on landing.  An easy way to do it is to align your airplane on 

the ground with a distant object - a tree is great.  Then climb in and check 

where the tree appears in your windshield.  That is straight ahead.  Then 

take a grease pencil or a thin strip of tape and mark the tree.  Now you 

have straight ahead on the windsheild.  Land with that on the far end of the 

runway, saves tires and lowers the tendency to do what tailwheel airplanes 

try to do all the time.



One further note.  When returning from Idaho several years ago six of us 

were fleeing some nasty looking weather and decided to land at Jackpot, 

Nevada to overnight and hope.  The runway ran west to east and we were in 

strong tailwinds from the north.  The first guy in was our most experienced 

pilot - my new bi-annual guy, in a nose dragging Rans by the way - and he 

announced an estimate of  "8 at 90 degrees".  After we were all on the 

ground, I was glad he was dead wrong because if he had announced 28 at 90 

degrees, I would have started thinking -  thinking left wing down opposite 

rudder etc., flying way behind the airplane.   As it worked out I kept the 

airplane aligned with the runway with the windshield tape over the opposite 

end of the runway and did what I had to do to keep it there, resulting in a 

perfect side slip to landing.  Not pretty, mind you, but got it down.  My 

most vivid memory was not being able to tell when I was on the ground as 

there was just too much motion - mostly pitching - even there.



Just some thoughts,



Lowell

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Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

At 04:59 PM 9/3/2006, you wrote:

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		  Then

take a grease pencil or a thin strip of tape and mark the tree.  Now you

have straight ahead on the windsheild.  Land with that on the far end of the

runway, saves tires and lowers the tendency to do what tailwheel airplanes

try to do all the time.


	


I'll vouch for this technique. It's GREAT! The only thing I'll add is that 

when you sit in the plane and focus on the tree you see two lines, 

(binocular vision,) which nicely bracket it. The Kitfox Head-Up-Display!

Guy

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Deceased K-IV 1200
A glider pilot too.

Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:06 am Post subject: model 3 tires

On Sep 4, 2006, at 1:59 AM, Lowell Fitt wrote:

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		   Then take a grease pencil or a thin strip of tape and mark the tree.  

 Now you have straight ahead on the windsheild.


	


I tried that a couple of years ago, Lowell, but when I am down on the 

runway, I can't see the end of it, my cowling being too high and hiding 

it. How do you manage it?



Cheers,

Michel

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Kitfox 3 - Jabiru 2200

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:38 pm Post subject: model 3 tires

Good thought,  I'll have to try it and see.  I guess it is for the initial 

alignment and at the flair, I guess I just close my eyes.  Seriously, 

though, I'll try it and see when the runway goes away.



Lowell



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