Save your back, air up your tires

Last Wednesday I found myself unable to push my plane back into the
hangar without help. It was wet, limiting my shoe traction, and I had
been unable to successfully get back on the concrete pad after cutting
the corner through the squishy grass, forcing me to take a more
straight-in (and more uphill) approach.

Today before flying I hauled my compressor to the hangar and aired up
my tires. They didn't look that squishy, but they sure took a lot of
air to get back to book values. It's a hell of a lot easier to push now!

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

I find appreciable difference in the plane's ground handling and T/O
performance, so much so, that I now have a small foot pump to top off the
tires permanently in the baggage compartment.


"Ben Jackson" wrote in message
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Last Wednesday I found myself unable to push my plane back into the
hangar without help. It was wet, limiting my shoe traction, and I had
been unable to successfully get back on the concrete pad after cutting
the corner through the squishy grass, forcing me to take a more
straight-in (and more uphill) approach.

Today before flying I hauled my compressor to the hangar and aired up
my tires. They didn't look that squishy, but they sure took a lot of
air to get back to book values. It's a hell of a lot easier to push now!

--
Ben Jackson

http://www.ben.com/

I find appreciable difference in the plane's ground handling and T/O
performance, so much so, that I now have a small foot pump to top off the
tires permanently in the baggage compartment.

One of those battery-powered ones is an absolute God-send at the hangar.
Ours cost about $50 bucks, and has a cigar lighter jack (for powering other
devices) in addition to a very high quality air pump.

We've found that the tires need to be aired up every two weeks or so. They
will lose 10% or more of their air pressure in that time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
One of those battery-powered ones...

What voltage is your airplane? I'm trying to find out if anyone's found
one of these things that can use 28v safely.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

What voltage is your airplane? I'm trying to find out if anyone's found
one of these things that can use 28v safely.

Mine's 12 volt.

What do you want to do with it in your 28 volt plane? (It's generally a
stand-alone tool.)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Mines 28v so I have to pull the car up close. But the portable air pump is
a must have.

--

Thx, {|;-)

Victor J. (Jim) Osborne, Jr.



take off my shoes to reply

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
What do you want to do with it in your 28 volt plane?

Uh, air up the tires?

(It's generally a
stand-alone tool.)

??
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

In article , Dan Luke
wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
One of those battery-powered ones...

What voltage is your airplane? I'm trying to find out if anyone's found
one of these things that can use 28v safely.

You can still use the 12V one... it just works twice as fast! (Or, put
another way, you get the work done in half the time.)

Dan Luke wrote:

"Jay Honeck" wrote:
One of those battery-powered ones...

What voltage is your airplane? I'm trying to find out if anyone's found
one of these things that can use 28v safely.

I think Jay's talking about one that has its own battery? Recharge it at home?

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

I think Jay's talking about one that has its own battery? Recharge it at
home?

Yep. We was talking past each other, methinks! :-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"