[Tigers] Nitrogen filled tire fad

[Scott Hutchinson]

I was told by our maintenance department that even if you dried the air
before you put it the tire there would still be enough water vapor that
when you got to altitude puddles would form from the condensation.  Then
they freeze and break loose on touchdown beating up the inside of the
tire.

It always amazes me how much nitrogen actually goes in to one of those
things.  I mean, look at a car tire.  35 maybe 40 psi.  Couple of feet
high.

A 737 main wheel tire is 4 feet tall and is inflated to 200 psi.

Scott Hutchinson
Director of Operations
NetJets Large Aircraft
O. 860.292.1191
M. 843.290.2805


-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:tigers-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of spook01 at comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 12:05 PM
To: Paul R Sheahan
Cc: Pointers; Alvin at autox.team.net; tigers at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Nitrogen filled tire fad

Well, if using it is pointless, I will let our mx department know we
should stop using it in the jet tires.
Or maybe not.
Energy Management is the hallmark of a professional pilot

----- Original Message -----
From: Paul R Sheahan <sunbeamtiger at prodigy.net>
To: Jim <jim at island.net>, Steve Laifman <slaifman at socal.rr.com>, Alvin
Johnson <twojohnsons at cox.net>, Sandy Ganz <sganz at pacbell.net>
Cc: Pointers <gpointer at telusplanet.net>, tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, 22 May 2010 21:52:00 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Nitrogen filled tire fad

Guys,
     If nitrogen makes that much difference for us driving our
cars...........I have some swamp land down here in Florida I would like
to
move off....................

Paul
Paul R Sheahan

--- On Sat, 5/22/10, Sandy Ganz <sganz at pacbell.net> wrote:


From: Sandy Ganz <sganz at pacbell.net>
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Nitrogen filled tire fad
To: "Jim" <jim at island.net>, "Steve Laifman" <slaifman at socal.rr.com>,
"Alvin
Johnson" <twojohnsons at cox.net>
Cc: "Pointers" <gpointer at telusplanet.net>, tigers at autox.team.net
Date: Saturday, May 22, 2010, 3:50 PM


Ahh but Helium is a smaller molecule and like the Nitrogen sales pitch
says
it
won't leak out through the porous tire and bead ;) How about Argon,
another
easy to get gas at the welding supply, but I think the regulator is more
expensive then the Nitrogen Beer types. In any case you can make your
own
tank
pretty easy, I'll put up some pics of what I did, it's pretty simple and
actually very handy.

Sandy



----- Original Message ----
From: Jim
<jim at island.net>
To: Steve Laifman <slaifman at socal.rr.com>; Alvin Johnson
<twojohnsons at cox.net>
Cc: Pointers <gpointer at telusplanet.net>;
tigers at autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 10:55:37 AM
Subject: Re:
[Tigers] Nitrogen filled tire fad

A better solution would be helium, as it
might make the car a little lighter.  I don't recommend the use of
hydrogen.
Ask the Hidenberg guys!

Steve


That would bring a whole new meaning to
'Light up your tires!!'  lol!

Jim
B382000446
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