Pnumatic tail wheel pressure being used

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What are…is… the range of tail wheel pressures used by others?

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Contact Peter Anson - 6″ Pneumatic Tailwheels and Accessories | Peter Anson – Engineering :smiling_face_with_horns:

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Thanks for the response, but…nothing against peter at all…but real world experiences are what my question was, actual users willing to tell what they are using and comfortable with.

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I haven’t put my Anson tailwheel on yet, but would also be interested.

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I use 35 psi on the Anson which is the max written on the tyre. Being so small, I have to add air occassionally, so it has also also been used around 25 psi.
I don’t notice any handling differences with the lower pressures.
Pre flight, I use my thumb to test how soft it is.

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Thanks much! kind of what I am doing now, but plan to go up a small bit to something like 25–26 psi, and then see how tight circle efforts feel relative to 20 psi, and solid wheel.

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Peter Anson uses & reports on, his own products - tad hasty in your comments. :smiling_face_with_horns:

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Not in the slightest. Joe is looking for real world feedback.

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So “feed back” from a guy who made his own Sonex, uses & makes makes parts for the same (including pneumatic tail wheels), is not in the “real world” of tyre pressures - You, Joe & I must live on diffrent planets :smiling_face_with_horns:

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I have the newer/fatter pneumatic tailwheel from Anson (which uses an E-scooter tire/tube). I fill it to about 45 psi. This is partly because I expect to lose ~5 psi while unscrewing my tire-inflator (all of these TW tubes are so small, its easy to lose a lot of air). Its also partly because landing with low TW pressure has caused a flat in the past.

I’ve had 2 flats with my TWs, both due to landing with low TW pressure:

  1. The original (skinny) Anson TW tube got pinched between the tire and the metal rim during a gusty landing on a runway with some pavement cracks.
  2. The newer Anson pneumatic TW went flat due to some side-load on the TW during touchdown that caused the tube to try to shift. I had mounted the stem so that it - and the rubber of the tube at its base - were both held pretty rigidly by the stem-hole in the tire rim. The side-load ripped the base of the stem loose from the rest of the tube.

To be clear: I love my Anson tailwheels and highly recommend them! They provide better grip than the solid tailwheel, a better touchdown experience, and a smoother ride on less-than-perfect surfaces. You just need to carefully mount and inflate them to avoid problems. Note that the newer (wider) unit uses common tubes that you can find in more places.

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Thanks Noel! thats the kind of info I am looking for. My wheel, tire and tube are E-schooter ones. If and when, this texas april weather subsides for a few days I will get to bring PSI up to 35 and see how it does. Thanks all for any comments!

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