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Ok where do these airless tires keep going?
I feel like I've seen the concept work enough times on demonstrations that I'm justified wondering why I still gotta drag my butt to Mavis every few months
Imagine all the conveniences of a pressurized tire, but with terrible balance and constantly filling with dirt and debris. All those nooks and crannies, like an english muffin crossed with an out of balance washing machine.
They're great for off-road and heavy duty work applications.
They suck absolute ass on passenger cars.
Couldn't you resolve that by just covering the airless part? Like just because we don't have to inflate them anymore doesn't mean we need to constantly be seeing how not-inflated it is
Wouldn't that introduce a pretty big layer that can wear down? Any sort of fully opaque cover would have to be flexible to adapt to the road and I can't think of a material that isn't going to wear down from that, and at that point you're just back to inflated tires with extra steps, so you might as well use regular inflated tires.
Well no because you can just get that part replaced as often as you replace your tires normally
Just covering hard base with some material will make it wear down much faster due to the way pressures are distibuted.
Pressurized tires are much better in this case, allowing for a better distribution of mechanical stress and less wear and tear.
Might be terrible wear and tear on the roads.