"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
10/20/2013 at 23:03 • Filed to: None
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"Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
10/20/2013 at 23:03 • Filed to: None | 1
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Saw this infamous piece of the internet, the most blatantly sexual license plate ever to be approved! (and never taken back after years, either)
And some airless tires! Correct me if I'm wrong, but these are technically still in development and not available to consumers yet?
And some perfect timing! I would have upped the shutter speed, but I would have needed the flash to make it any faster and I didn't want to annoy the drivers.
This guy came rushing by, laying on the horn. It's easy to forget that the infield is still a part of the track and we always need to be quick to get out of the way.
Didn't have time to manually focus, turned out kind of cool anyway:
And finally, a super cool Miata:
I have a few more, but nothing too exciting.
Kailand09
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:08 |
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airless tires are so fascinating, I don't understand why they haven't been further developed and why air-filled tires are still prevalent.
Demon-Xanth knows how to operate a street.
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:09 |
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Airless have been in use on non-road going vehicles for a while.
Clown Shoe Pilot
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:13 |
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the twheels were on the michelin paddock golf cart, weren't they?
WhiskeyGolf
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:14 |
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As mentioned, airless tires have been development and use for a while, especially in high load, high durability applications like skid steers and construction equipment. If I remember right, they still have problems with high speed (resonance or something) and low temperature environments, with snow and ice building up between the spokes. I look forward to the day I can buy one, though!
rabbitman
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:17 |
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I bet those came off something else, or that was a company doing a test. Thanks for the pic airless is cool
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Kailand09
> WhiskeyGolf
10/20/2013 at 23:22 |
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I feel like these are simple problems to solve... there are numerous ways of damping resonant frequencies, and you could easily find a material to flex with the tire while still enclosing the "spokes".
Either way, I'd love to see a day where we can get airless tires to equal performance as air filled tires.
Mathias Rios
> Rainbow
10/20/2013 at 23:32 |
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Do you have more pictures of that miata? That's awesome, half track car half not track car. So cool.
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Rainbow
> Clown Shoe Pilot
10/21/2013 at 11:04 |
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Yeah, they were. It was really cool. I never got to see them in action, though.
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Rainbow
> Mathias Rios
10/21/2013 at 11:06 |
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I don't have any myself, but it was pretty popular among the official journalists. I haven't checked but I bet Speedhunters has some pics.
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Clown Shoe Pilot
> Rainbow
10/21/2013 at 18:18 |
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They ride like regular tires. I've caught a ride in that cart :)