Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #34472
From: Lorn H Olsen <lorn@dynacomm.ws>
Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Re: 235 tires
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:14:27 -0500
To: <lml@lancaironline.net>
My last flat, after a beautiful landing, was a pinhole in the inner tube side wall. I could see no reason for the hole. There was nothing wrong with the tire at all. The landing before that was actually 3 landings at Tangier Island in the Chesapeake. The runway goes up and down. All 3 landings were pretty good. I am not sure about the tire pressure. The valve was not leaking. The stem was in good shape.

The tire had been on the plane for 9 weeks. 100% of my flat tires have been within 3 months of changing the tires. If my tires last for 3 months, they will never go flat even when the the threads are pretty much gone.

I always carry a spare tire and tube.

A question,  What is causing the flats - what is found after inspecting the tube / tire.
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Lowell
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Lorn H. 'Feathers' Olsen, MAA, DynaComm, Corp.
248-345-0500, mailto:lorn@dynacomm.ws
LNC2, O-320-D1F, 1,100 hrs, N31161, Y47, SE Michigan


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