Original Posted By: Oscar Zuniga
John wrote->I asked a few days ago about using 15 inch tires on 6 in rims-->most said to stay 600-6 which are about 16 inch. My plans actually>call for 19 inch, I have a pair of 800-6 that are about 18 inch.>Any thought?John, one of the posts in response to yours was a reference to theCarlisle "Turf Glide" tires, 8.00x6, which have an outside diameterof close to 18". Info here:http://www.carlisletire.com/products/go ... .htmlThese are the tires that are recommended for use on the airplanethat I'm building, the Flying Squirrel. Quite a few other light sportand ultralight aircraft use these. I only have two concerns with them:(1) the catalog shows them rated for golf carts and utility ATVs, whichare certainly not going to be running at anything like our landingspeeds of 55-60 MPH, and (2) load rating is 420 lbs., which means apair of them should be good for 840 lbs., and we fly our airplanes atup to 1100 lbs. gross weight. They will see more load than that ona good firm landing or a bounce.Granted, the manufacturer rates them conservatively for purposes oflawsuit avoidance, so they are probably just fine for this duty. Theproof would be to mount them and go fly. At least one post in replyto your question was from a guy who has been flying with these tiresfor a good amount of time.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CC "Scout"Flying Squirrel N2069Z "Rocket"Medford, OR website at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________