Glider / Sailplane Tire Size Fitment

Glider / Sailplane Tire Size Fitment and Airframe Application Fitment Guide

The chart below shows tire sizes for Glider and Sailplane aircraft. 

Glider / Motor Manufacturer

Model(s)

Main or Fuselage Tire

Nose

Tailwheel

Literature

Scheibe

500-5

210-65

Y

S-6

500-5

11/400-5

N

S-10

380-150-5

210-65

Allstar PZL Glider Ltd.

SZD- Junior

? -140

200-50

Y

SZD- 54-2

350-135

200-50

SZD-55-1

350-135

200-50

SZD-59

350-135

200-50

ZS Jezow (PZL Swidnik)

PW-6U

550-5

400-4

?

Pipstrel

Sinus

400-6

400-4

Tauraus

400-6

200-50

Gavilan

FS 33

380-150-5

200-50

Alexander Schleicher GMBH

ASK-21 MI

380-150-5

400-4

ASH-26 E

500-5

210-65

ASW-28-18E

500-5

210-65

ASG-29E

500-5

210-65

Alisport SRL

Silent

400-4

200-50

Silent 2

400-4

6 x 1 1/4

HPH Ltd.

304 C

500-5

210-65

304 S

500-5

210-65

Schempp-Hirth

Discus 2C

500-5

200-50

Duo Discus XT

380-150-5

200-50

Carat

400-4

210-65

AMS Flight

Apis M

400-4

6 x 1 1/4

LS4-B

400-4

200-50

Bee 15

400-4

6 x 1 1/4

Lange

Antares 18 S

500-5

200-50

DG Flugzeugbau

DG-1000T

380-150-5

200-50 (6 PR)

DG-808C

500-5

200-50

LS 8

?

210-65

Aircraft Tire Care & Maintenance

Please click on the links below to view tire and maintenance manuals from the leading aircraft tire OEMs.

Goodyear Technical Documents
Michelin Technical Documents
Dunlop Technical Documents
Bridgestone Technical Documents

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