As Jim Morehead recommends, I also am happy with Desser. I bought these tires a year ago, less than $20 each and I got free, next day ground shipping from L.A. to San Diego.
http://shop.desser.com/IW_Products.m4p.pvx?;MULTI_ITEM_SUBMIT Pretty scary they're so inexpensive, but they've been fine. And I've been using Cheng Shin's on my motorcycles for 30 years. They are decent, reliable tires. I must have a couple hundred landings on them and, although they are showing wear, they still withstood fully loaded high-altitude takeoffs recently. Take-off's are harder on tires than landing, according to a piece in the current AOPA magazine. High altitude (above 5000 ft.) take-offs with crosswinds are harder still since you have to hold that bugger down and get it going really fast before you let it off the runway. Otherwise, you'll get blown off the runway and to the side with gusts and not have enough airspeed to climb. Then you're at the mercy of any obstacles around the airport as you nurse it along in ground effect until you get enough airpseed to climb. Visual cues will tell you its rotation time but that can be a big mistake at altitude. I just about lost it on takeoff in high winds at Raton, NM coming back from last year's Gathering trip. One KR builder crashed his plane at St. John's AZ a few years ago in just such a scenario. I was just discussing that incident with the airport manager there. That plane was rebuilt and was for sale a year or two ago. Anyway, I recommend Desser. Mike - KSEE ____________________________________________________________ Wanna lose weight? Weight Loss Programs that work. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTFoYbXWKHteUuw5SdGR5flYhyxToQIwJnnNes7c1SfokceuinIRJe/
