Airless Tires Coming Soon
Developed by Resilient Tech for the Military, then embraced by Michelin and due soon on the market. No more blowouts, air compressors, spare tires, roadside service.
Made in South Carolina. Look for them in August. http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-1.jpg http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-2.jpg http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-3.jpg http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-4.jpg http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-5.jpg http://newsblues.com/Rennlist/tire-6.jpg |
Looks like a nightmare to keep debris out and keep them balanced at speed.
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Around for a while now (depending on your application): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tweel
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How many heat cycles you think they will get :)
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Interesting. That's a look that will take some getting used to.
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Originally Posted by jcs_911
(Post 10210581)
Looks like a nightmare to keep debris out and keep them balanced at speed.
Either way though... they've been around for a while, and until they handle NVH and rolling resistance as well as radial tires, they'll never get anywhere in the market. |
I want a set for my jeep today. Anyone have a contact.
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so what's the downside to this tire? if it's so good, it'll probably be $$$
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Wow, welcome to 2005 :p
https://rennlist.com/forums/off-topi...-er-tires.html http://content.bored.com/photos/repost.jpg |
How does one attain 1,045,212 posts without repeating at least a few? :surr:
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Michelin was the first tire manufacturer to announce an airless tire in 2005, the so-called 'Tweel'. Others have followed since and Resilient made their announcement in 2008. None of the airless tire design are commercially available today, at least not for passenger cars. In October 2012, Michelin did launch a version of their Tweel which is aimed at the skid steer market.
The major technical hurdles in putting any of the current non-pneumatic tire designs on passenger cars are noise and vibration at high speeds, not rolling resistance. At lot of useful information on airless tires is found here. |
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