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| lineslinger |
12-20-2006 04:53 PM |
Airless Tire....Radical Design
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| RedBarchetta |
12-20-2006 04:58 PM |
No sidewall = no advertising. It will never fly. :LOL:
That is, unless they imbed those cool LEDs into them (like they do on some custom wheels). Then when you roll you would see a huge GOOD YEAR in lights.
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| Tommy |
12-20-2006 05:34 PM |
I wonder it they come standard with a set of four playing cards.:p
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| trularin |
12-20-2006 05:37 PM |
I have seen some of the tech data and this is sweet!
No air, no blowouts, wears even and is light weight.
Find the video clip if you can, it shows the assmbly on a huge pot hole ( or normal Michigan road ).
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| ZOERA-SC7XX |
12-20-2006 06:18 PM |
Should look interesting with those custom 20" rims.
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| Anthony |
12-20-2006 09:24 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by RedBarchetta
No sidewall = no advertising. It will never fly. :LOL:
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I would guess that they could put a "non-functional" sidewall on if they wanted to. |
| Excaliber |
12-20-2006 09:30 PM |
The tires don't hold air but my first thought was 'air car' when I saw the pic. Interesting technology there.
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| Rick Parker |
12-20-2006 09:53 PM |
Those picture are about 2 years old or more (?) Very unusual design, I bet we will see them with sidewalls.
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| ffindling |
12-20-2006 10:14 PM |
Airless tires....
I bet we won't see them at all. Development of airless tires has been around
nearly as long as the car itself, a century later and we're still driving on air!
I think if Michelin wants to succeed with their airless tire, they have to make
it look like a conventional tire. In it's current form, I have little doubt
that consumers would reject it. The car looks like it has bicycle wheels on it!
....Fred
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| simon clemens |
12-21-2006 01:57 AM |
I wonder what would happen if you carved up a muddy road.... would all that lovely mud get stuck in the grooves? That would do wonders to the wheel balance!
I think side walls would be a must!
The new mini's on the road already have a simmilar design, they are called 'running flats' and cost around $500 AUS.
Simmo
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| Anthony |
12-21-2006 05:23 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by ffindling[INDENT
]I bet we won't see them at all. Development of airless tires has been around nearly as long as the car itself, a century later and we're still driving on air!
I think if Michelin wants to succeed with their airless tire, they have to make
it look like a conventional tire.
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My guess is that the difficult part is designing "spokes" that provide a smooth ride, yet don't fail under constant flexing as would be seen in thousands of miles.
Quote:
Originally Posted by simon clemens
The new mini's on the road already have a simmilar design, they are called 'running flats' and cost around $500 AUS.
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Don't the "run flat" tires last only for a couple hundred miles at a specified speed. |
| xracerbob |
12-21-2006 05:54 AM |
How would the new federally mandated tire pressue monitors work with that?:rolleyes:
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| Woodz428 |
12-21-2006 06:19 AM |
They may not hold air, but I bet they would "churn" up a bunch of it. I can hear the complaints now...." It sounded like a Jet took off right over my head".
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| Wayne Maybury |
12-21-2006 07:01 AM |
Not only mud would cause a balance problem but in the winter, snow, slush, etc would also send them out of wack. They would have to have side walls.
Wayne
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| tstover |
12-21-2006 07:32 AM |
I think the ricer community would love them, anything they can do to make their cars look special without giving it any hp. They would be spay painting them silver and wrapping aluminum foil around the spokes.
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| Brian Paul |
12-21-2006 07:56 AM |
Hey, maybe you could attach some baseball cards to them with clothspins and make 'em sound reeeeaaaal cool!!
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