Knowing your tire pressures

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ghostflyer
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Knowing your tire pressures

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Well I have just been shown the latest in gee wizz stuff. A friend just showed me how he checks his tire pressures on his aircraft. He has fitted a valve cap to each wheel which has a wi fi transmitter and via a ap and his phone he checks his tire pressures any time without having to get dirty or rotate wheels around to match up with cutouts in his wheel pants .
Even before landing ,he knows if he has a flat tire or such. Warning... this is a automotive product but so cool.
He explained he checked the accuracy with a digital pressure gauge and they were spot on .
counsellj
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What product was it? Name? Link? I would love to look into them. Thanks
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These have been around for a while in the RV stores (campers not aircraft). I have them on my glider trailer and they work fine.
Just do a search for "wireless tire pressure monitor" and you'll see all kind of places where you can buy them, including Amazon.
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They are usually sold for recreational vehicles and trailers and motorcycles, etc. They are no more un-airworthy than your usual automotive tire/tube valve dust cover is. :?
The downside is they replace your usual dust-caps on the Schrader valve and therefore always keep your valve OPEN... therefore add a possibility of continuous air leak. The upside is... you'll know it when it happens...you just won't know WHY it happened. While they usually also cost in the several hundreds, there's a few cheapies (which doubtless are of lower quality): https://www.amazon.com/gp/slredirect/pi ... ame=sp_atf
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