Russia AC-4c tires

I have not been able to locate the yahoo ac4 group nor further
information about tires. Someone told me that there is a Russian
language site for Aviastroitel - does anyone know how to find it? As
an alternative, I have found an 8" dia plastic hub wheel that may do
the job. It looks like a lawnmower wheel, and has a weight limit of
55 lb. I am thinking that some bearing sets from roller blades can be
inserted in the hub (some machining needed). The weight would be
about the same as the original wheel (24 oz.). Does anyone have
advice about this?

On Oct 8, 10:35*am, MarkW wrote:
I have not been able to locate the yahoo ac4 group...

Here's the URL:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ac4/

...I have found an 8" dia plastic hub wheel that may do
the job. *It looks like a lawnmower wheel, and has a weight
limit of 55 lb...

I think that is unlikely to give satisfactory service, even with
revised bearings.

Thanks, Bob K.
http://www.hpaircraft.com/hp-24

I found a wheel chair tire to fit teh tail wheel hub on my Apis. Get
creative. There are lots of tires out there.

Mark

On Oct 8, 10:35*am, MarkW wrote:
I have not been able to locate the yahoo ac4 group nor further
information about tires. *Someone told me that there is a Russian
language site for Aviastroitel - does anyone know how to find it? *As
an alternative, I have found an 8" dia plastic hub wheel that may do
the job. *It looks like a lawnmower wheel, and has a weight limit of
55 lb. *I am thinking that some bearing sets from roller blades can be
inserted in the hub (some machining needed). *The weight would be
about the same as the original wheel (24 oz.). *Does anyone have
advice about this?


Mark

I found it on the internet, don't recall exactly where, but I have a
vague recollection of doing a standard to metric conversion along the
line in the process. I think the tire turned out to be a tight fit on
the hub but just required some persistence. The tubes delivered with,
(tires come in pairs), were unusable because of the stems. A local
tire store was able to set me up with 90 deg bent stems on appropriate
tubes.


Mark