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Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2015 12:12 pmby Afsbz
For winter time flying, I would like to put some larger tires/wheels on my Sonex for winter flying that would be better in light snow conditions. I do take the wheel pants off to decrease the chance of snow/ice buildup around the wheels. Has anyone done this? I'm looking for some recommendations. In Wisconsin we generally have a lot of snow, and I fly off of a grass strip that is regularly plowed, but I think larger tires could be a benefit.
Re: Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
Posted:
Tue Feb 03, 2015 5:33 pmby tonyr
I operate out of gravel, grass and rarely bitumen strips and have 5.00 x 5 Air Hawks on the standard Azura wheels.
They do fit under the Sonex wheelpants with a bit of rework. I cut the underside seam opened them out about 1-1.5" at the wheel hole, then glassed in a wedge section.
PS What's snow?
Cheers
Tony
Re: Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
Posted:
Wed Feb 04, 2015 10:46 amby Afsbz
Thanks for the info Tony. Snow is white, fluffy or sticky dependent on temperature and loves to hang up in wheel pants. Nice looking bird you have.
Re: Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
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Mon Mar 16, 2015 5:01 pmby Sonex355
tonyr wrote:I operate out of gravel, grass and rarely bitumen strips and have 5.00 x 5 Air Hawks on the standard Azura wheels.
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They do fit under the Sonex wheelpants with a bit of rework. I cut the underside seam opened them out about 1-1.5" at the wheel hole, then glassed in a wedge section.
[im]http://sonexaus.wikispaces.com/file/view/Richo_aldinga1.jpg[/img]
PS What's snow?
Cheers
Tony
I have the same setup on tires, works very well.
Re: Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
Posted:
Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:05 pmby Darick
tonyr wrote:I operate out of gravel, grass and rarely bitumen strips and have 5.00 x 5 Air Hawks on the standard Azura wheels.
They do fit under the Sonex wheelpants with a bit of rework. I cut the underside seam opened them out about 1-1.5" at the wheel hole, then glassed in a wedge section.
Cheers
Tony
Did you use the same inner tubes or get ones for the 5.00 x 5 tires? I've read some guys have used the smaller tubes in the larger tires.
Re: Larger tires on Sonex, need recommendations
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Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:31 pmby DCASonex
Did essentially same as Tony, No problems. Those pair nicely with 6" tail wheel. Using tubes for 5.00 x 5 tires, and run about 25 PSI.
David A.