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What Brand of tires are you flying? How are they wearing? Here's what 300hrs on Good Year Flight Custom IIIs looks like
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:15 am
by scottrsellers
When we purchased our R182 in late 2020 it came with a set of brand new Good Year Flight Custom III tires. After 300hrs of service we noticed the right MLG tire had noticeably more wear on the outer area of the tread than the inner area, so we recently flipped the tire on the rim. See pics below - pic2 shows wear variance from outer to inner tread areas. We're hoping for another 300hrs of service on these tires which seems possible given the thickness of rubber remaining on the now outer area of the tread. We also like the wide/flat tread footprint on the relatively small 15x 6.0-6 main tire that helps distribute weight when on soft areas like grass runways.
What brand of tires are you using? Are you pleased with their performance? Post pics of their wear performance on this thread.
Note: We struggled breaking the tire bead from the wheel possibly due to the high pressure(68psi) recommended for the main tires. Is there a secret method for breaking the bead? Please share.
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Re: What Brand of tires are you flying? How are they wearing? Here's what 300hrs on Good Year Flight Custom IIIs looks
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2024 7:43 pm
by scottrsellers
Re: What Brand of tires are you flying? How are they wearing? Here's what 300hrs on Good Year Flight Custom IIIs looks
Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 9:56 pm
by chaseduncan98
scottrsellers wrote: Mon Dec 02, 2024 3:15 am
When we purchased our R182 in late 2020 it came with a set of brand new Good Year Flight Custom III tires. After 300hrs of service we noticed the right MLG tire had noticeably more wear on the outer area of the tread than the inner area, so we recently flipped the tire on the rim. See pics below - pic2 shows wear variance from outer to inner tread areas. We're hoping for another 300hrs of service on these tires which seems possible given the thickness of rubber remaining on the now outer area of the tread. We also like the wide/flat tread footprint on the relatively small 15x 6.0-6 main tire that helps distribute weight when on soft areas like grass runways.
What brand of tires are you using? Are you pleased with their performance? Post pics of their wear performance on this thread.
Note: We struggled breaking the tire bead from the wheel possibly due to the high pressure(68psi) recommended for the main tires. Is there a secret method for breaking the bead? Please share.
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You need to have your gear aligned. The airplane was aligned from the factory to be perfect at gross weight. If you normally fly it light then you need to have it realigned at what weight you normally fly. If you resently replaced your gear down stop pads this could also cause this. Either way after you realign the gear you wont have this issue anymore.
Re: What Brand of tires are you flying? How are they wearing? Here's what 300hrs on Good Year Flight Custom IIIs looks
Posted: Sat May 03, 2025 5:31 pm
by scottrsellers
Agreed Chase! Thanks for the feedback.
Section 5 of the Service Manual, paragraph 5-51, p.5-44 to p.5-47 covers rigging and alignment of the main landing gear.
We'll follow those procedures that will hopefully address the uneven tire wear issue.
Re: What Brand of tires are you flying? How are they wearing? Here's what 300hrs on Good Year Flight Custom IIIs looks
Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2026 4:25 pm
by dcat9812
I’m in need of new tires for my R182. I’m debating on going with the Flight Customs vs Condors. Does the gear system benefit from a lighter tire (Condors)? I have Flight Customs on another airplane and I love them, but it’s also fixed gear. I currently have Air Tracs which were on the airplane when I purchased it…going with Flight Customs or Condors are a big upgrade either way!
One more piece of data…the Condors are almost $100 per tire cheaper if purchased from McFarland with our type club discount vs Flight customs from Aircraft spruce.
Thoughts?