X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 09:34:23 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mta10.adelphia.net ([68.168.78.202] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c2) with ESMTP id 712390 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 06 Sep 2005 00:27:12 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.168.78.202; envelope-from=dfs155@adelphia.net Received: from f3g6s4 ([67.22.46.165]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050906042625.GPTH12165.mta10.adelphia.net@f3g6s4> for ; Tue, 6 Sep 2005 00:26:25 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <002001c5b29b$e8f6f1a0$a52e1643@losaca.adelphia.net> From: "Dan Schaefer" X-Original-To: "Lancair list" Subject: LML] Tire pressures X-Original-Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2005 21:31:53 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Mike, As far as I know, Lancair has always recommended the proper tire pressure for the various airplanes in the manuals. I have ALMOST always used the tire pressures recommended in the manual (circa 1987) for my 235. Early on, when I thought the nose wheel looked really underinflated (25 PSI), and I began to see a lot of wear on the shoulders of the tire, I decided to try a more reasonable (I thought) 35 PSI. On the first landing at that pressure, the shimmy was almost destructive. Returning the pressure for the nose wheel to that recommended cured the problem. Perhaps the pressures recommended in the manuals for the different aircraft may have some meaning. Dan Schaefer