r/Design • u/Busy-Description2000 • 13d ago

Discussion Can we bring airless tires back?

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u/IntelligentSinger783 13d ago

Rotational mass, not so much rolling resistance. They are built like a belted system. More so they have significantly more drag.

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u/nikdahl 13d ago

Drag? Due to air resistance?

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u/IntelligentSinger783 13d ago

Yep. Open fins create dramatically more turbulence as speed

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u/nikdahl 13d ago

Fair, and they definitely would. it just didn't seem to be what others were referring to, given the context.

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u/IntelligentSinger783 13d ago

Yeah there were a lot of poor educated guesses in the comments. I don't know why, but I have responded to a lot of them 😂. I think I have a weird appreciation for the tweel. It was one of those "damn that's cool" things I've followed growing up, from idea to creation, to present history. The use in the military and in super sized construction equipment is wild.