If you mean towing great distances on a public road with the aircraft's
landing gear on the pavement, that is a really bad idea. Aircraft tires are
not designed to tolerate the heat buildup that road vehicle tires tolerate
so well, and about the only thing the two types of tires have in common is
color and that they are both made of rubbery stuff (but not the same stuff).
My primary flight instructor insisted that I keep my taxi speed at about the
pace of a fast walk because even the normal taxi distance from the ramp to
the runway could tax the tires at any faster pace.
Best regards,
Rob Housman
Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
Airframe complete
Irvine, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
[mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Sven den Boer
Subject: Europa-List: Experience with towing an Europa XS Trigear from NLG
Does anybody happen to have experience with towing an Europa from the Nose
landing Gear.
Is this allowed anyway?
Cheers,
Sven den Boer
PH-SBR
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