HOWDY ALL, I AM NEW TO THIS SITE BUT HAVE BEEN READING THE FORUM QUITE A BIT. I AM FINALLY INSTALLING CLEVELAND WHEELS AND BRAKES ON MY OL' 55 180. I AM SURE THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE RUN THESE GOODYEARS BEFORE. I AM TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY DO WITH HARD SURFACE RUNWAYS AND WILL THEY HOLD UP. ANY INFO WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS,

DAVE

According to the Maule dealer, the way to save your bush tires is to land on the hundred odd feet of dirt before the runway

hope that helps...

Who you yelling at?

FYI...all capitals are the internet convention for a "raised" voice, or "yelling." Plus they're just plain annoying to read.

Welcome to the site. I've never run the Goodyears, I'm sure somebody else will chime in.

My experience with the Goodyears was with an 1,100 lb Super Cub so I don't know if that helps regarding the 180.

But for what it's worth I really liked them for the conditions I used them in. I ran the tires 7 years on the Cub with 75% of the landings on tar and the rest on ice, snow and grass. They held up great (I ran pressure at 8-12 pounds. I don't know how the weight of a 180 will affect them at these pressures) and after I sold the Cub (the guy who bought it put on 31 Bushwheels) another of our local pilotos called him up, bought them and is now running my old tires on his Citabria. I had a chance to fly this set up last Sunday and they work great on that airplane. (he has 160 hp, VG's, climb prop and the Goodyears, it's a cool little animal)

brad

The 26 inch Goodyear tires were originally developed for the blimps. They are a tubeless tire, but on standard aircraft wheels, they are required to run tubes, and the convention is to use 8.50 x 6.00 tubes in them.

They will hold up just fine on a 180 or similar airplane, on pavement. They are incredibly thick tires, and would be hard to wear out, frankly. Don't confuse these tires with Alaska Bushwheels, which have a completely different construction, and will wear faster on pavement.

The Goodyears are a good tire on a 180, unless you are really working REALLY rough stuff, in which case you should be running a Cub .

MTV

first of all, i don't want to be loud.

yes, i used them on my 1955 C180 for about two years. i liked them a lot and landed about 50/50 grass/pavement. they did well. i seem to remember using spacer discs between the brake disc and wheel?

john

quicksilver wrote:Who you yelling at?

FYI...all capitals are the internet convention for a "raised" voice, or "yelling." Plus they're just plain annoying to read.

Maybe I should make you the moderator...

The blimp tires will hold up on pavement as well as anything. I think they will outlast pavement only tires on pavement. They ain't cheap though.

Howdy again, in lower case. Thanks for the info on the Goodyear tires so far. I have never been to a forum that has replied to my question in such a short time. I hope I can help other fellow aviators out the same way.

Cheers,

Dave

I'M NOT YELLING, I'M JUST KINDA DEEF.

ERIC

On a heavy airplane under hard braking conditions, those Goodyear Blimp tyres will spin on the rim and tear out the valve stem. Especially at low enough pressure to get them to flex at the walls Be careful.
Jeremy

screws into the bead should help that

I don't think there is an stc. to run those on a 180 and you would need either an stc. or field approval(which would probably be nearly impossable in the lower 48) IF you were concerned about being legal. Gary

I believe the lower 48 FSDO's now have a "tundra tire work sheet" they go by that makes this a fairly straight forward deal. Even without an STC for a particular aircraft.