Update: Thanks to everyone who posted their tire/wheel photos. I used many for the new Tire Guide article in the knowledge base:

https://backcountrypilot.org/knowledge- ... tire-guide

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Could use some help from the crowd! Building a tire guide for the knowledge base. I need some quality photos of the following combos:

- Any ABI bushwheel combos
- 29" Airhawks
- 8.50 x 6
- 8.50 x 6 Desser
- 8.50 x 10
- Gar Aero adapters
- 26" Goodyear
- 27" Desser

Here are some example angles/framing of photos if you're headed out to the hangar. Thanks!

If you don't want to post (or don't know how) in this thread, just email me [email protected]

Desser 8.50 4-ply mains (smooth, listed as 22" tall)
Desser 8.00 4-ply nose (treaded, listed as 21" tall)

Neither as as tall as they claim, but pretty close...

Can get more pictures of this doesn't cut it!



EDIT: found an older pictures that shoes the tires possibly better:

I remembered this photo from another thread that I thought would be an excellent comparison of "similar" sized tires:



The tires are as follows: 8.50x6 Goodyear, 26" Goodyear, 26" Bushwheel

The photo is from a comment posted by wingnut185 in Gunny's thread about GY 26's on a 180/185

31x11x10 Desser's on 10" ABI Wheels

26" Goodyears on a 170A.

Comparison pic on early 180's. From front to back:
-180A on 8.50 (unknown brand)
-180A on 8.00 Condor
-180B on 8.50 Desser (smooth)
-180B on 26" Goodyear


Various angles of 8.50 Smooth Dessers (upgraded since the comparion picture above):

Damn asa, how big is that hangar???

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31" Bushwheels on standard gear

26” Goodyears on the 180 and 26” Alaskan Bushwheels on the 170


31” Alaskan Bushwheels on the 180 and 26” Alaskan Bushwheels on the 170


Unmounted Desser 8.50x6 smoothies next to 29x11x10 Air Hawks on Gar-Aero adapters


Desser 8.50x6 smoothies and 26” Goodyears. The Dessers are 25lbs lighter for the set.


Desser 8.50x6 smoothies and 26” Goodyears


29x11x10 Air Hawks on Gar-Aero adapters


26” Goodyears


Desser 8.50x6 smoothies

26” Goodyears on a Pacer:

35s


35s


31s


29x11x10s


6.00s (yuk)

Aeronca Champ 7AC-CONV on 26" Akbushwheel AIrstreaks &
RANS S7 on 6-6.00



Upgrade RANS S7 with 3-blade Whirlwind 75" STOL Prop and 29" Akbushwheel AIrstreaks

Here is my combo. 8.0 Airhawk on the front and 8.50 Superhawk's on the mains. I powder coated the wheels yesterday and reinstalled them.







So far I really like this combo!

Jim

North River wrote:

35s

Heh heh heh

29" ABW

31'' ABW

Does anyone know of a STC to install the Goodyear 26” tires on a 185F. I want a slightly larger alternative to the 8.50’s.

propeller26 wrote:Does anyone know of a STC to install the Goodyear 26” tires on a 185F. I want a slightly larger alternative to the 8.50’s.

Unfortunately, there isn’t any STC for 26” Goodyears on 180/185s. Everyone either has them installed via field approval or they just don’t give a shit .