"If your tires are getting old it my be time to change them. Blew a tire on landing today, that will keep you on your toes!! It was a lamb tire that was 8 years old. My be this Florida heat."
I agree!! I Blew a tire on take off last week and aborted the run. I thought that I was going to get another "blue light special" (runway light) but all was well. When I researched tires I found that the same size tire for my KR2 came in several ply ratings. and of course I had the 4 ply. I ordered the 8 ply and flew them yesterday. All went well. I gather these specks from wicks aircraft 2 ply 210 lbs capacity 4 ply 325 lbs capacity 6 ply 625 lbs capacity and the 8 ply 850 Capacity. The price difference is not all that much so get the 8 ply, so if you mush in trying to take off on a HOT day just a little out of trim....... I'm not saying that is how I blew a tire last week but.... Hope to see all at the gathering Brian G. Douglas N8575C KR2 was a TD Killeen Texas ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert clark" <kr2flyer1...@yahoo.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005 10:54 AM Subject: KR> old tires
