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Michelin Introduce Puncture Proof Airless Tire (video)
Youtube ^ | 6/6/2019 | Cars Overview

Posted on 06/22/2019 9:45:42 AM PDT by simpson96

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1 posted on 06/22/2019 9:45:42 AM PDT by simpson96
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What happens if a medium sized rock gets wedged in the middle?


2 posted on 06/22/2019 9:55:29 AM PDT by alternatives? (Why have an army if there are no borders?)
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Watched the film and I noticed the cushioning reacts to the extreme when it is facing a jar of two or more inches in height like the brick it ran over in the utube.

This has to create a real problem for rims and CV joints when that type of contact happens. So hitting road debris may be an adventure.

Hydroplaning may also be a problem. Hydroplaning is caused by a combination of standing water on the road, car speed, and under-inflated or worn-out tires. The way the tread is set up on the tires, to make it collapsible, will collect a lot of water and may be contributory to it. I didn’t see any testing on the film of high speeds or water.

rwood


3 posted on 06/22/2019 9:56:54 AM PDT by Redwood71
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“This has to create a real problem for rims and CV joints when that type of contact happens. So hitting road debris may be an adventure.”

A friend who has a new Euro luxury car was on vacation and her husband was driving and hit a brick in the road with new tires.

The tires came out okay but the a very expensive rim didn’t fare very well. The couple spent an unplanned week in a remote area waiting for a new rim.


4 posted on 06/22/2019 10:15:45 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (KAG! Keep America Great! Vote for President Trump in 2020! KAG! Keep America Great!)
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To: simpson96

Spike strips probably wouldn’t work very well. I wonder what the cops have to say.


5 posted on 06/22/2019 10:19:06 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Redwood71

The concerns you list are the same for conventional tires.

M has extensive experience with this type of tire in the industrial field.


6 posted on 06/22/2019 10:23:38 AM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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Looks interesting. Wondering how they operate at medium to high speeds in corners.


7 posted on 06/22/2019 10:24:21 AM PDT by animal172 (Call me simply deplorable.)
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Easier to just have one of these in your glove compartment. If you hide it well, you'll get extra points for waiting for a flat before pulling it out.


8 posted on 06/22/2019 10:25:45 AM PDT by C210N (You can vote your way into Socialism; but, you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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“The couple spent an unplanned week in a remote area waiting for a new rim.”

How many times has that been a movie plot?


9 posted on 06/22/2019 10:27:43 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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https://michelinmedia.com/michelin-uptis/


10 posted on 06/22/2019 10:32:57 AM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: alternatives?

When you hit the highway, it would vibrate from being out of balance. We live on a gravel road. It also gets muddy. Maybe they plan to cover the sidewalls on the final product and this is just to show how they work?

Will these come in 10 ply?


11 posted on 06/22/2019 10:37:40 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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“”” Uptis is an assembled airless wheel structure technology made accessible to passenger vehicles, which offers many advantages. “””

That makes it sound like it’s a wheel and tire in one assembly. Weird and sounds expensive as hell.

I need some tires.
What lug pattern?
What?


12 posted on 06/22/2019 10:41:40 AM PDT by Pollard (If you don't understand what I typed, you haven't read the classics.)
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Supposedly these are bio-degradable tires. Does that mean that small critters will feast on your tires, like they now do with wire insulation?


13 posted on 06/22/2019 10:42:20 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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To: alternatives?

What happens if a medium sized rock gets wedged in the middle?

Could not be any worse than having a rock in a dual.

I hear that they can be recapped with a 3D printer.


14 posted on 06/22/2019 10:42:52 AM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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World war 1 solid tires ?


15 posted on 06/22/2019 10:46:56 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: alternatives?
What happens if a medium sized rock gets wedged in the middle?

What happens if slush gets in there and freezes solid? Massive imbalance?

16 posted on 06/22/2019 10:53:35 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The Electoral College is the firewall protecting us from massive blue state vote fraud.)
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Other airless tires, he said, often carry the load at the bottom of the tire, which is very inefficient and causes extra heating due to compression.

I expect this will be of interest to commercial airlines.
Commercial planes takeoff and land on reactively debris free runways.

Air plane tires are not pre spun before landing so they land over 100 mph with stationary tires and take a beating until the tires spin up to speed.

Replacement cost will be a factor since airplane tires get recapped when they wear down. - Tom

17 posted on 06/22/2019 10:55:53 AM PDT by Capt. Tom
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At what Temp do they Melt ?


18 posted on 06/22/2019 10:56:15 AM PDT by carmen2017
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“What happens if slush gets in there and freezes solid? Massive imbalance?”

Good point. I had ice collect asymmetrically in my wheels a couple of winters ago. My car started shaking so bad I thought it was a major mechanical failure.


19 posted on 06/22/2019 11:01:20 AM PDT by neverevergiveup
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That’s funny!!!!


20 posted on 06/22/2019 11:29:12 AM PDT by MagnoliaB ( You can't always get what you want but if you try sometime you will find you get what you need.)
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