Post by account_disabled on Mar 5, 2024 1:32:15 GMT -5
Constructed from basic materials and by hand, the new Airless tires are puncture-proof! With a very small budget and little time, DrivenMedia provided a solution to this problem. We know normal tires have been inflated with air for more than years, and although they work very well, they bring problems such as punctures.
Previously, we had shown you another alternative to this problem, which involved bicycle wheels , that is, special tires that take advantage of the same NASA technology, which they called METL (Martensite Elasticized Tubular Loading). They are wheels based on a material called NiTinol, this superelastic wheel is made of a nickel and titanium alloy, while the Airless are made of materials that you could easily have at home.
"AIRLESS" Airless Tires are made with PVC tubes, Nuts and Screws.
Thanks to Michelin, the industry will see, hopefully soon, a breakthrough with its unique puncture-proof tire system (uptis) , a set of airless tires that are supposed to be installed on the next-generation Chevy stud. Development of these airless tires has been going on for over a decade, but nothing has reached production yet. Inspired by Michelin, UK-powered media has unveiled and teste C Level Executive List d its own homemade airless tyres, built by a racing driver and a mechanical engineer.
Characteristics of airless tires
For their homemade airless tires, the creators of DrivenMedia used a -inch steel rim from a Ford Mondeo and, on the outside, lengths of PVC freshwater pipe. Smaller anti-vibration pipes were added to the outside to make sure things run a little smoother. For the grip, the thread from a normal tire was used, rolled on the outside and joined in the middle; Meanwhile, to keep it together, they used more than nuts, knots and bolts.
“We were obviously very confident in our creation, but this was the first time the tires had been put on a car, so we weren't sure if they would hold up,” DrivenMedia said in the test video. However, we did some homework. We know that the car with driver weighs around kg, so when stationary, that's about kg per wheel. So before we pushed them to miles per hour and drifted them on the race track, we needed to see if they would maintain normal speeds.'
The team begins to test the tires and, after the first lap, there was a clear problem: the tires were quite noisy. Plus, the harder they pushed the tires, the more they began to fall apart, with bits flying off.
'Even though our tires are uncomfortable, noisy and prone to losing some nuts and bolts, we knew we had a better chance in the next test and it was the official media bed of nails test. Normal trash tires wouldn't stand a chance. but this would finally show why our new airless tires are the future. The test was a definitive pass.
They tested the tires on the road with great success, even going over huge potholes that would probably have resulted in a puncture on normal tires. The last test consisted of drifting, with better results than expected.
'They are by no means perfect. Yes, they could do with being a little quieter and a lot rounder, but they really hold up to nails, potholes, and heavy driving; And for homemade wheels created from a drain pipe, a cut tire, and a million bolts, that's not bad.
Previously, we had shown you another alternative to this problem, which involved bicycle wheels , that is, special tires that take advantage of the same NASA technology, which they called METL (Martensite Elasticized Tubular Loading). They are wheels based on a material called NiTinol, this superelastic wheel is made of a nickel and titanium alloy, while the Airless are made of materials that you could easily have at home.
"AIRLESS" Airless Tires are made with PVC tubes, Nuts and Screws.
Thanks to Michelin, the industry will see, hopefully soon, a breakthrough with its unique puncture-proof tire system (uptis) , a set of airless tires that are supposed to be installed on the next-generation Chevy stud. Development of these airless tires has been going on for over a decade, but nothing has reached production yet. Inspired by Michelin, UK-powered media has unveiled and teste C Level Executive List d its own homemade airless tyres, built by a racing driver and a mechanical engineer.
Characteristics of airless tires
For their homemade airless tires, the creators of DrivenMedia used a -inch steel rim from a Ford Mondeo and, on the outside, lengths of PVC freshwater pipe. Smaller anti-vibration pipes were added to the outside to make sure things run a little smoother. For the grip, the thread from a normal tire was used, rolled on the outside and joined in the middle; Meanwhile, to keep it together, they used more than nuts, knots and bolts.
“We were obviously very confident in our creation, but this was the first time the tires had been put on a car, so we weren't sure if they would hold up,” DrivenMedia said in the test video. However, we did some homework. We know that the car with driver weighs around kg, so when stationary, that's about kg per wheel. So before we pushed them to miles per hour and drifted them on the race track, we needed to see if they would maintain normal speeds.'
The team begins to test the tires and, after the first lap, there was a clear problem: the tires were quite noisy. Plus, the harder they pushed the tires, the more they began to fall apart, with bits flying off.
'Even though our tires are uncomfortable, noisy and prone to losing some nuts and bolts, we knew we had a better chance in the next test and it was the official media bed of nails test. Normal trash tires wouldn't stand a chance. but this would finally show why our new airless tires are the future. The test was a definitive pass.
They tested the tires on the road with great success, even going over huge potholes that would probably have resulted in a puncture on normal tires. The last test consisted of drifting, with better results than expected.
'They are by no means perfect. Yes, they could do with being a little quieter and a lot rounder, but they really hold up to nails, potholes, and heavy driving; And for homemade wheels created from a drain pipe, a cut tire, and a million bolts, that's not bad.