tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post3530454490554758090..comments2024-03-28T08:40:23.164-05:00Comments on Guitar Ted Productions: Friday News And ViewsGuitar Tedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-18615251886166805172021-03-27T11:59:50.537-05:002021-03-27T11:59:50.537-05:00Sounds like a damned expensive proposition not to ... Sounds like a damned expensive proposition not to mention harsh riding. You wouldn't have to worry about lateral stiffness or rolling a tire off the rim anymore though.barichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07545939522518839052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-55985876734394326592021-03-27T10:03:46.745-05:002021-03-27T10:03:46.745-05:00@MuddyMatt you are correct. NASA literally couldn’...@MuddyMatt you are correct. NASA literally couldn’t use rubber tires due to the extreme temperatures on the Moon and Mars. So they reinvented the wheel two completely different ways, one of which is used here. For anyone interested search YouTube for “Real Engineering NASA Wheel”. It’s really neat technology. <br /><br />Excellent point also on the lack of tuning characteristics. These were meant to be robust to temperature and light, not provide ultimate traction and comfort, where these will surely fall short of rubber tires unless they add a full rubber tread. At that point, you might as well just use normal tires and full foam inserts as they will likely perform the same but cost much much less. <br /><br />I’ve never seen better examples of why not to reinvent the wheel (METL) and why sometimes you have to (NASA). Noogehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714794964028136317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-84875281850874248352021-03-26T10:34:49.142-05:002021-03-26T10:34:49.142-05:00Reminds me of aluminum drum sticks. You have to ad...Reminds me of aluminum drum sticks. You have to add the replaceable plastic outer skin. Very damaging to cymbals. Hmmm...$250 Zildjian crash or $10 wood stick?Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12452580936469962637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-43358623071680636892021-03-26T07:37:57.720-05:002021-03-26T07:37:57.720-05:00@MuddyMatt - Excellent point concerning the abilit...@MuddyMatt - Excellent point concerning the ability to change air pressure. I hadn't thought about that in relation to this mesh tire idea. <br /><br />I often am reminded that best and brightest minds of the late 19th Century, using math and science, came up with the pinnacle for mechanical efficiencies, in terms of theories and ideas, back then. Only the materials technologies of their day held them back. Sometimes engineers and thinkers feel they can improve upon those highly refined ideas, but in almost every case, they are up against a monumental, (some would argue an impossible) task. <br /><br />Perhaps this idea of a pneumatic tire is one of those instances where the idea has such a high degree of refinement that to "best it" is impossible. Guitar Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10960580677548417562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12831567.post-65360703755071859942021-03-26T04:22:25.075-05:002021-03-26T04:22:25.075-05:00The thing with 'smart tyres' is... they ar...The thing with 'smart tyres' is... they are not even a little smart.<br /><br />No way to change the rebound characteristics (i.e. air pressure equiv.) to suit terrain for a start. And highly unlikely to be cheaper to make, lighter, easy to swap etc. If you need an outer tread to provide grip characteristics then that comes with further costs and trade-offs. It's nonsense from the tech-bros, again.<br /><br />The NASA solution was created to solve a specific NASA problem, whereas tyres need to perform against a number of differing parameters - weight, weather, surface, reliability, safety.<br /><br />Flat tyres is an issues largely fixed already by a number of methods (puncture protection/armouring or tubeless being the most popular). Flat tyres are not the reason people don't cycle...MuddyMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06774731534552286917noreply@blogger.com