Nosedragger to Taildragger

[desertdave]

With the help of DesertFox4 and few others friends the transformation is complete. Thanks all!

Before
23750

During
23751

Final product
23752

Next week I'll weigh her up and hopefully call her complete.

[DesertFox4]

Congrats Dave. She looks great.👍
Your ready for some Arizona desert exploring.

[Hawkertech]

Would be interesting to see what it does to your insurance.

[PaulSS]

MUCH better :D

[desertdave]

Here is a side by side of the original rubber and the 21" Desser tires I installed today.
For the guys who run these, what is the normal tire pressure you guys use. My flying is 50/50 pavement and dirt strips.

23753

[jrevens]

I have the 22" ones, and carry 15 psi in them. I know you can do less, but that seems pretty good to me and they seem to be wearing very well - majority of time has been on pavement. I didn't want to have to worry about the tires slipping on the rims and possibly damaging a tube/valve stem.

[jiott]

I have been running the 21" for 6 years at 15 psi for the reasons that John states. Am soon to be switching to the 22" and will probably stay with 15 psi.

[PapuaPilot]

Here is a side by side of the original rubber and the 21" Desser tires I installed today.
For the guys who run these, what is the normal tire pressure you guys use. My flying is 50/50 pavement and dirt strips.


I have been running mine at 12-15 psi. I like the low end for dirt strips. Any lower than 12 psi and they tend to slip on the rim.

[efwd]

Like Phil, I run 12-15 psi. Ive landed off pavement only once in 130hrs. I started at 12 but found that the pressure drops over time so starting at 15 I can run a bit until I see 12 then I add air. The time I noticed that my pressure doesn't hold, I found 9-10 psi before I corrected it. Fortunately I didn't find any slippage at that time.