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"Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

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Tue Aug 09, 2011 4:47 pm

"Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

I have a field approved 7.00 in theheavy duty Cessna nose fork and the AirTrac tire I have on there doesn't afford alot of clearance. What is the smallest 7.00 x 6 tire available?
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 5:23 pm

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I bought a 206 fork with wheel and tire for my first 182B. The tire was a 700x6 I think Condor. It was tight. You could slip a piece of bologna between the tire and fork. We ended up with 600 on the nose and 700 on the mains. Been thinking of going with 700 on the nose and 800 for mains.

Let me know how yours turns out then I will decide.

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Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:05 pm

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

I would be happy with balogna, this is more like prosciutto ham clearance. The setup I saw had a tire with a more squared-off shoulder, not round like the AirTrac. Other than the slight loss in speed, the 8.50 mains with the 7.00 nose is a cush set-up. Just need to get them in the dirt...
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 6:11 pm

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

qmdv wrote:I bought a 206 fork with wheel and tire for my first 182B. The tire was a 700x6 I think Condor. It was tight. You could slip a piece of bologna between the tire and fork. We ended up with 600 on the nose and 700 on the mains. Been thinking of going with 700 on the nose and 800 for mains.

Let me know how yours turns out then I will decide.

Tim


Tim,

I recommend going with 8.50's on the mains, if you can. It will bring the airplane closer to level. Less chance of hitting nose first plus they look cooler.

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Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:00 pm

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

GroundLooper wrote:
qmdv wrote:I bought a 206 fork with wheel and tire for my first 182B. The tire was a 700x6 I think Condor. It was tight. You could slip a piece of bologna between the tire and fork. We ended up with 600 on the nose and 700 on the mains. Been thinking of going with 700 on the nose and 800 for mains.

Let me know how yours turns out then I will decide.

Tim


Tim,

I recommend going with 8.50's on the mains, if you can. It will bring the airplane closer to level. Less chance of hitting nose first plus they look cooler.

Craig


If cool is what I want, I would fly a tailwheel plane. :lol: :lol: :lol: I am 66 years old so cool is a few years behind me.

The truth is that my 700's on the mains just clear the brakes. I think that 800's may require a different wheel. Maybe 850's may require double puck brakes. What I have works quite well. Think I will just get a Sprtsman STOL installed. Still have some stimulous money to spend.

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Tue Aug 09, 2011 7:40 pm

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

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I used 8.50s because I had them. The stock setup on my T-41b was 6.00s all the way around, nearly impossible to hold off the nosewheel. It is nice to be able to put the nose wheel down when I want to, just need to make a bumper for the strut now.

I think the setup I saw with more clearance was a Condor tire.
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Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:09 pm

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

just sold a HD 206 fork and tire to 66skylane-the 700 on it had nice clearance...i cant remember what it was, maybe you could pm him and ask
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Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:40 am

Re: "Smallest" 7.00 x 6 tire

qmdv wrote:
Tim,

I recommend going with 8.50's on the mains, if you can. It will bring the airplane closer to level. Less chance of hitting nose first plus they look cooler.

Craig

If cool is what I want, I would fly a tailwheel plane. :lol: :lol: :lol: I am 66 years old so cool is a few years behind me.

The truth is that my 700's on the mains just clear the brakes. I think that 800's may require a different wheel. Maybe 850's may require double puck brakes. What I have works quite well. Think I will just get a Sprtsman STOL installed. Still have some stimulous money to spend.


I had to put in spacers for the brakes but was still able to use single pucks. Anything larger and I'd need new wheels and double pucks.

Craig

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