See through tires- These are cool

[rg200amp]

Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: Shannow
They'd have sidewalls on them for sure if produced.

I would imagine sidewalls would help when it comes to air resistance. However - I could see how leaving the interior matrix open could help beyond just the cool factor.

It would be easier to inspect the interior for any failure of a spoke. It might help with cooling of the tread. Sealing it might affect the dynamic structure.

If the spoke section is durable enough, I could see where one could have a semi-permanent wheel and an attached tire.



You need a sidewall. If you get a rock, some mud, ice, ect. . . in one of those open sections and you start going 50+ MPH the MAJOR wheel unbalance could cause some major issues.

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: rg200amp
You need a sidewall. If you get a rock, some mud, ice, ect. . . in one of those open sections and you start going 50+ MPH the MAJOR wheel unbalance could cause some major issues.


It was a huge problem with chariots.

 

[Kestas]

I'm curious what the spokes are made of and how they stand up to Hertzian stresses.

 

[tom slick]

Originally Posted By: Kestas
I'm curious what the spokes are made of and how they stand up to Hertzian stresses.


I don't know but I'll bet they're not immune to Keynesian economics

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: Kestas
I'm curious what the spokes are made of and how they stand up to Hertzian stresses.

Polyurethane.

 

[y_p_w]

Originally Posted By: rg200amp
Originally Posted By: y_p_w
Originally Posted By: Shannow
They'd have sidewalls on them for sure if produced.

I would imagine sidewalls would help when it comes to air resistance. However - I could see how leaving the interior matrix open could help beyond just the cool factor.

It would be easier to inspect the interior for any failure of a spoke. It might help with cooling of the tread. Sealing it might affect the dynamic structure.

If the spoke section is durable enough, I could see where one could have a semi-permanent wheel and an attached tire.



You need a sidewall. If you get a rock, some mud, ice, ect. . . in one of those open sections and you start going 50+ MPH the MAJOR wheel unbalance could cause some major issues.

Isn't that already something encountered by conventional wheel/tire combinations? I've had dozens of rocks of varying sizes firmly wedged in the tread grooves of my cars' tires. I've heard of rocks bouncing around inside aluminum/magnesium wheels. I've seen rocks trapped between wheel covers and steel wheels. Mud, ice, or other assorted debris does get caught in wheels. You should have seen the time I tried to wash off the mud patch I encountered next to a construction site left behind by the construction equipment. It didn't seem that deep until I went over it. I literally had to take off the wheels and scrape off the caked on mud.

 

[ARB1977]

I thought i had read somewhere the military had those on a Humvee.