Luke,
I bought two areo classic tires at
Oshkosh last summer. A few months
ago I replaced the mains with one areo classic tire and one Cheng-Shin
to compare performance. The cracks showed up almost immediately in the
aero classic.
No
chunking or balance problems yet. No noticeable difference in rolling
resistance. Too early to tell about wear rate.
My impression is that the rubber compound is too hard
or simply of a poor quality for this application.
Regards,
Bill Hannahan
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From:
lalcorn@natca.net <lalcorn@natca.net>
Subject: [LML] LNC2
Desser tires again
To: lml@lancaironline.net
Date: Saturday,
June 18, 2011, 6:32 PM
Just an update on my situation with the areo classic tires.
Desser sent me another set to try and after 5 landings and light
weight, they were coming apart. Attached are the pictures.
I also had alot of vibration with these tires around 60 knots. I
have gone back to the Cheng-shin and they do not vibrate and are not
coming apart.
I want to know if anyone else is having these problems with the
aero classics? Desser has been helpful with replacements, but i
can not keep changing tires every month.
As a side note, spruce is sending the smaller Kenda tubes when
ordering the cheng shin. The smaller tubes are much easier to
put it. They almost seem too small in the cheng shins, but it is
holding pressure and seems to be working fine.
Luke Alcorn
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