Originally Posted by
memories of px
absolutely, i punctured a pa28 nosewheel tyre doing a tight turn getting into/out of wind for the power checks, felt a bit of a wobble going down the runway, didnt think too much of it until we landed an hour later on a totally flat tyre, that woke me up!.
The most likely reason that nose tyre went down was it was under inflated.
I would also say that unless you are operating in a very strong wing turning directly into wind in a PA28 is a wast of effort, the wind from any direction in front of the wings is good enough.