Tire pressure NLG MD87

[jettrail]

Hi folks

Please can anybody help me out with an info about the correct pressure of NLG tire for the following a/c:

A/C: MD87
Tire manufacturer: Bridgestone
Tire size: 26x6.6 12 PR

Thanks a lot

[vapilot2004]

For our MD-80s with -14 tires, we generally use between 140 and 160 psi depending on gross.

[smudgethecat]

With something as critical as tyre pressures do you not think you should be using the relevant AMM to obtain this info?

[vapilot2004]

I'm not imagining the original poster as the guy with dirty hands and the nitrogen cart since such a guy would know to chart it and not ask a bunch of random folks on the internet.

[OverRun]

MD-87 airport manual gives NLG tyre pressure as 1350 kPa which is 192 psi, and confirms the 26 x 6.6 tyre. It is the same pressure whether fuselage auxiliary tanks are fitted or not (the MLG tyre pressure varies with that option). Interestingly the MLG tyres a quite a bit lower - 1200-1290 kPa depending on fitment of aux tanks.

[OverRun]

Hi Asfkap,
MD-80 SERIES Airplane characteristics for airport planning. 1990. McDonnell Douglas, Long Beach.

[muduckace]

The pressure would be full as prescribed by the AMM and the operators specifications.