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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Information/Questions => Topic started by: JoeDxMB on May 10, 2013, 04:40:48 AM

Title: valve access holes in wheels?
Post by: JoeDxMB on May 10, 2013, 04:40:48 AM

I'm a bit confused about the valve access holes in covered WWI wheels.
It's my understanding that most WWI aircraft  wheels were solid rubber . 
In  addition, I recently saw a pic of a  a WWI wheel that was  basically just a disk of metal  with a solid rubber tire but, it still had a hole in the disk where a valve access hole would be  .

So, why all the holes?
Can anyone shed some light on this?

Title: Re: valve access holes in wheels?
Post by: uncletony on May 10, 2013, 05:28:15 AM

I think they were almost always pneumatic, not solid rubber (think how heavy solid rubber tires would be!)

Title: Re: valve access holes in wheels?
Post by: uncletony on May 10, 2013, 05:36:11 AM

from 1913...

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/HansvonHammer/AeroTires.jpg?t=1280235090)