What are the best low bounce wheels in a 3 3/4 in dia ? Anypne know? Are the Dubro low bounce rubber covered foam wheels about the same bounce as an average foam wheel ?

the way i land sometimes, i don't think the wheel matters.[X(]

I always thought the "low bounce" was marketing hype.

I've used the DuBro Low Bounce wheels on many planes, it's not a gimick, they have low pressure and it does help a fair amount...

Jack

The low bounce tires I use are from Dubro, just foam filled rubber but I have also used the straight foam tires, I'm like dahl, I either set my planes down nice and easy or that other way. If it's the other way it doesn't mater what kind of shoes my plane is wearing!! After I learned to three point my landings I don't get a lot of bounce anymore, when I'm off it looks lie a basket ball.

Point re foam wheels! - maybe not all of them, but some I have had develop flat spots when the airplane sits on them for a couple of weeks. To prevent that I cut some wooden blocks of the correct height to set the axles on and keep the wheels off the surface. Agree that how you land is probably more important than the wheel material.

Agreed.. learn to do low bounce landings rather than spending money on low bounce wheels.

I think it is leftover marketing from when Trexlar air wheels were around; probably '60s. I think everyone pretty much makes the same stuff with different shapes now.

Old trick time. All wheels will develope a flat spot if the plane is sitting on them for any length of time. The foam tires just do it faster. If you stick them in the freezer it sometimes removes the flat if it isn't too big. Some people soak them in water first? If you have some old foam tires around you should give it a try. When I had planes sitting on the floor in my old shop I made up some wood blocks that looked like wheel chocks that fit under the axles and kept the tires off the ground. When I went to air shows I used these chocks to keep my planes from moving around in the wind too.

I have to disagree with those saying that Low-Bounce Wheels don't work; the plane will probably still bounce depending on how bad of a landing it is, but I use Low-Bounce Wheels on my Scale Warbirds, and find that the Wheels most deffinatley absorb some of the force exerted on the landing gear with less than perfect landings; I use Oleo Struts and when combined with Low-Bounce Wheels make for a great set up and most forgiving on those rough landings.

I might add, I use Robarts Low-Bounce Scale Tires and Wheels, these tires are hollow and they sell separately, foam inserts that you place inside the tires; save your money on buying the inserts, the foam is actually what they call 'Foam Backer Cord' and is sold in the Concrete Supply Areas of Home Depot or Lowes; you can buy 25 feet of the stuff to last you a life time, instead of 12 inches that Robarts is happy to sell you for a totlally unreasonable amount of cash.

Um pencon? it's not the wheels that make the plane bounce it's the pilot

Well true it is me with some non perfect landings but I am flying a CMP gee Bee R2 and low bounce wheels would definatley help