Tires? You want REAL Tires?
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BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
I bet they're still trying to take off with all that tire drag.
Gary
Gary
Beer kegs more likely.
BC12D-4-85
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Fairbanks, AK.
Look up "rolligon" They made them for the military and civilian use to cross rough terrain hauling freight. There are/were a few up here but the tires were larger but somewhat similar.
Gary
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Crash Jr.
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Anchorage, AK
Those Rolligon tires are really neat. Back in 2016 a company asked ABW if they could make a rolligon tire and dropped one off for the engineers to look over. It was something like 5 feet tall and must have been 8 feet wide. Each tire costs as much as a supercub.
The end of that story is no, ABW couldn't fit that tire in a tire press not even a 35" Bushwheel one so it was a no go.
The end of that story is no, ABW couldn't fit that tire in a tire press not even a 35" Bushwheel one so it was a no go.
BC12D-4-85
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Here's an example of the smaller tires: http://www.ewillys.com/2017/12/01/1953-photo-of-a-jeep-rolligon-on-ebay/ If you watch a loaded plane with soft large ABW's start a takeoff when the tail is raised the tires can flatten out some under the sudden load. The sidewalls flex. With enough power they eventually spin up and the wing starts carrying the load. That heavy ground loving Stinson probably wasn't the best choice to test them.
Gary
Gary
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