On Jan 31, 3:22*pm, " wrote:
On Jan 30, 7:47*pm, john wrote:

Is that tire bald?

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I'd agree with you, The tire has seen it's better days :-))))) *Tread-
challenged is an understatement of the year Jim!

Nah, just one of those new high performance C172s with "racing tires"

Even one better! *Less parasitic drag from the lack of ridging of
treads! *Better performance!

The better performance depends on whether you want to stop or go... I
have no idea whether the tread would increase drag -it might even
decrease it!

But I would have thought the preflight should have flagged it? It's
difficult to see the tread with spatted wheels in long grass but seal
stainers have no excuse!

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