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Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:10 pm
by gary1954
I
was pondering the tire sizes on the main gear of the B-17 and B-29.
Are the wheel and tire size of the main gear the same?
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:37 pm
by gary1954
gary1954 wrote:I
was pondering the tire sizes on the main gear of the B-17 and B-29.
Are the wheel and tire size of the main gear the same?
Buler..
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Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:42 pm
by Rod Schneider
I'm told by a friend of mine, who knows a lot about B-29's, that the main tires are the same on both planes, just twice as many on the -29.
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 6:45 pm
by gary1954
thank you very much gentleman sir
I thought as much but wasn't certain...
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:38 pm
by bombadier29
Tires and wheels are the same on the B24, B-29,B-17 and P2V.
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:50 pm
by b29flteng
56 inch SC.
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:02 am
by gary1954
thanks guys I knew I would get the answer in the WIX
Re: Main gear Tire sizes on the B-17 and B-29
Posted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:59 am
by b29flteng
bombadier29 wrote:Tires and wheels are the same on the B24, B-29,B-17 and P2V.
True statement.
We bought a batch of new tires a couple of years ago along with the P2V and B-17/24 people from Dunlop Tires, in England. We just had a batch of them recapped as the recap rubber seems to be harder which lasts longer.