Airless tires the future?

[LazerBlueP5]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECUhBoDnrKI

 

[GhostMercury]

thats pretty bad ass

 

[LazerBlueP5]

Wonder what the weight is.

 

[GhostMercury]

could go either way for being heavier or lighter

 

[enganear]

With availability in 10-15 years, they must have problems they are not mentioning.....

I would be concerned about the failure mode. If you lose a link, do the rest fail like a zipper? When a conventional tire goes flat, it does not go off center. This tire would shift by the distance from the rim to the tread. Can you imagine how violent that would be at 70mph? Color me skeptical.
-enganear

 

[BlackCherry06]

Clearly they haven't developed a low-profile concept yet. Did you catch the profile on those Audi tires? Looks like they're gonna go 4-wheeling after the track test.

 

[detsilverms3]

With availability in 10-15 years, they must have problems they are not mentioning.....

I would be concerned about the failure mode. If you lose a link, do the rest fail like a zipper? When a conventional tire goes flat, it does not go off center. This tire would shift by the distance from the rim to the tread. Can you imagine how violent that would be at 70mph? Color me skeptical.
-enganear

sounds like the pax system that they tried to use for a couple minutes on Honda Oddessey's and a couple of other cars. it won't go over well. it also depends on how easy they can be installed on wheels. the pax system took an hour a wheel maybe 45min if you were lucky.

 

[tsunami]

there are probably a dozen threads about this over the last couple of years i think i remember seeing this 2 years ago...

 

[FrancoNemo]

thats bad ass! but i hope the still ahve a side wall on the tires so i can put tire shine when i wash my 3 lol (mj)

 

[AutoXRacer]

Yeah...well, no thanks... I'll stick to my air tires... (lol2)
I don't think those will ever out perform my Azenis or MXs... (lol2)