Tires, When to Buy?

[Archer39J]

Seems to have gone through with free shipping. I'll remain unconvinced until I get shipping notification though

[jaredyates]

In my experience, it will show up in the checkout.

[Archer39J]

Hrm, thanks for the warning. I'll be sure to double check at checkout, we'll see if they try to tack it on later.

[jaredyates]

Good luck with acs... If they say the ELT is hazardous, you can expect a $50 shipping charge, in my experience. It is, of course, not hazardous, but that doesn't matter.

[Archer39J]

I did this...it gave me the ability to kick the decision down the road a few more years, and reserved capital. I will buy my "real" tires at Oshkosh from Desser...they to have had sales going on then.

Right on, though waiting for a sale is appealing I figure I'll go ahead and bite the bullet now. Sounds like protected from the elements in my shop there won't be any issues getting them now. At least I'm bundling my ACS order with an ELT, so there's free shipping to be had

[Bcone1381]

Every aircraft repair facility has a stack of used tires that they will give you to use until you are ready to fly

I did this...it gave me the ability to kick the decision down the road a few more years, and reserved capital. I will buy my "real" tires at Oshkosh from Desser...they to have had sales going on then.

[svyolo]

VAF is pretty much the world standard for the latest and greatest. Light civil aviation "died" in America in the early 80's. Other than Canada and Australia, i can't think of any other country where it was ever very big. EAB aviation IS the standard for light civil aviation.

This forum is outstanding for BH specific stuff. But it is a small community. For general EAB info/learning/questions, VAF is the place to go. Just like here, mostly very helpful folks. And some VERY knowledgeable folks.

[Archer39J]

jaredyates I wasn't intending to disparage the beta manual. I was thinking about the legacy manual, Eric's manual, and that there's no previous mention on the forums that I could find, in that comment. The beta manual is a great resource I know is still in work.

Battson As the manuals speak to the different use cases for different tires an overview of ply ratings and what that means for us is absolutely in scope. That's kind of what that whole section is about.

[Battson]

I'm a little surprised this isn't really covered in any BH materials that I can find. I'm having to turn to VAF to learn about tire ply ratings, which it seems isn't really indicative of how many actual plies are used. I think it would be a benefit to have a blurb about the preferred ply rating in the manual.

The manual wouldn't need to cover tire ply ratings in my view. Nice to have, but not strictly in scope.
The manual is about building the plane and "how to", rather than general knowledge about the parts which make up what you are building. By the same token it doesn't cover the AN bolt numbering system, engine power/weight ratios by manufacturer, avionics functionality, or prop RPM limits.

[jaredyates]

That's why we say the manual is in beta testing. Let me know what you figure out and I'll add it. Bearhawk.tips alao allows readers to add comments to each article.

[Archer39J]

I'm a little surprised this isn't really covered in any BH materials that I can find. I'm having to turn to VAF to learn about tire ply ratings, which it seems isn't really indicative of how many actual plies are used. I think it would be a benefit to have a blurb about the preferred ply rating in the manual.

[Archer39J]

Why eight ply? Seems stiff for a light plane.

Is 6-ply the norm for the 4-place? If so I suppose I was misinterpreting the load rating for tires.

[jim.mclaughlin924]

Why eight ply? Seems stiff for a light plane.

[Archer39J]

700s, to use the common parlance

[Chris In Milwaukee]

700s are a good tire, so no problem there. Definitely affordable. Even Maules come from the factory on 700s