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I've had a half dozen or so tire failures also
using the Lancair supplied Chin's. Mostly caused by low
pressure.
On two occasions at the start of the Sun
100 race, I held the plane on the ground and accelerated to about 90 mph
before liftoff to help gain speed faster.
Both times I had a tire go flat on the next
landing. Twice was enough, I decided that wasn't worth
it.
No uncontrollability resulted from landing with the
flat tires however. It was no worse than landing in crosswinds. I
could even taxi off the active.
Mark Ravinski
N360KB 1364 hrs
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