new military tires

[oakranger]

I was told about those tires five years ago. The People that are working on them and wanted to put out in the market. Really cool.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=66a_1324097674

[F22RaptorDude]

I've seen these before, back when it was just a theory, totally cool and could be extremely useful

[Penguin]

What happens when sand, mud, rocks, etc., gets wedged in between those things?  I can see them being a mean mothertrucker to clean.

-Penguin

[oakranger]

I've seen these before, back when it was just a theory, totally cool and could be extremely useful

Either firestone or Michelan is working on these. They cannot go flat at all. You can fully puncture a 1" re-bar and still a good tire. The downside of these is if bellybutton cars and trucks have these, the tire industery will suffer.

[Shuffler]

Either firestone or Michelan is working on these. They cannot go flat at all. You can fully puncture a 1" re-bar and still a good tire. The downside of these is if bellybutton cars and trucks have these, the tire industery will suffer.

Naa those will never make the street. Slow travel would be ok. Anything stuck in a hole and it is out of balance for speed.

Also check out how the Humvee rocks when it stops. Spring action of the tire.

[Tom5572]

There was a lot of compression there with one of the light hmmwv's what happens when they are put on an M1151? Great application instead of the run flats we have now but will they hold the weight of the up armors?

[Skyguns MKII]

There was a lot of compression there with one of the light hmmwv's what happens when they are put on an M1151? Great application instead of the run flats we have now but will they hold the weight of the up armors?

they probably have different tires for different vehicles and their weight.

[F22RaptorDude]

they probably have different tires for different vehicles and their weight.

what he said

[Melvin]

Naa those will never make the street. Slow travel would be ok. Anything stuck in a hole and it is out of balance for speed.

Also check out how the Humvee rocks when it stops. Spring action of the tire.

All of this.

Useless for the military because any flotsam will either throw it out of balance or ruin it, unlike the multi-belted, heavy sidewalled tires they should run.

Any 91B's with input?

[Rob52240]

Not to mention the noise they'd make at highway speeds.  Cool tires nonetheless.

Anyone seen that new anti-sniper rifle?

[SD67]

I thought this was a post about the fitness of your troops....
But, yes... Michelin have been working on this concept for 10 years It's called a Tweel.
They have versions optimised for road use, as yet there are still the open sides, though I understand the final designs of the tweel are to have a sidewall of some sort.
Said to be much more efficient and much much lighter than a traditional Wheel/Tyre combination. Gonna suck for the flashy rims crowd eventually if it catches on.

[eagl]

Since the spaces in the wheel collapse a bit in volume every rotation, try to imagine if they put sidewalls on these...  and then someone modified the sidewalls with whistles   If they spaced the whistles around the perimeter, it would be one continuous shriek as the wheel rotated.  If they varied the spacing or pitch of the whistles, it would either flutter or make a warbling sound.

That would totally replace spinners.

[2ADoc]

Since the spaces in the wheel collapse a bit in volume every rotation, try to imagine if they put sidewalls on these...  and then someone modified the sidewalls with whistles   If they spaced the whistles around the perimeter, it would be one continuous shriek as the wheel rotated.  If they varied the spacing or pitch of the whistles, it would either flutter or make a warbling sound.

That would totally replace spinners.

As if the fart tubes on the little 4 bangers aren't irritating enough, that would be a terrible fad.

[Shuffler]

Any sidewall would have to be from the ID to the OD. It would not contact and close in each seperate area. If it did the the seperate areas could not compress. Sidewalls would also add weight. They could not be much thinner than what we have now. The thickness would have to be based on possible outside damage sources and not inside pressure or weight capacity.

Not even going to the different speed ratings we have now or the tooling to mount the new system.

[ebfd11]

Naa those will never make the street. Slow travel would be ok. Anything stuck in a hole and it is out of balance for speed.

Also check out how the Humvee rocks when it stops. Spring action of the tire.

Unlike a car the Hummvee has the brakes on the drive shaft not the tires, so what you are seeing is the excess momentum as it is being stopped.

Also like lots have said anything getting in the sidewall would throw it out of balance.