I run only Desser retreads, a nice heavy tire, 25 psi range, and have 1100 "lucky" flat free hours of flying. Maybe it's my soft, feather like landings. :-) As always................. Larry Flesner ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I should have expanded on my thinking of high tire pressure. Tire manufactures do not give a recommended pressure, only a maximum inflation pressure for that tire. The user determines the pressure for the application. Tires by nature are flexible and that makes them ideal for our application. Over inflating restricts the flexibility to some extent depending on the amount of over inflation. Consider what happens when a tire, inflated to maximum inflation pressure, experiences a "bounce" or severe side loads that compresses the tire and increases the internal pressure. I can't imagine heat in our application ever being a problem. I'm convinced that running the tire at a moderate psi lets the tire flex under load and perform the way it was designed without over stressing the structure of the tread or sidewalls. I have no scientific data to support this, just mental mussing and experience. Larry Flesner
