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Re: Solid Rubber tires?

To: W S Potter <wester6935@attbi.com>,
Subject: Re: Solid Rubber tires?
From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2002 18:59:20 -0700 (PDT)
Is rotating weight always bad?  Why some heavy steel flywheels and some light 
aluminum flywheels.  Wouldn't heavy rotating tires carry momentum?  Wouldn't 
they be smoother over small surface imperfections in the track?

Dick J

 W S Potter wrote:Rotating weight!

Wes

on 8/24/02 8:56 AM, Dick J at lsr_man@yahoo.com wrote:

> Reading through the metal wheel thread brings a question to mind. For years,
> every spring when I pull the wheelbarrow out of the shed and find a flat tire,
> I've threatened to pull the valve stem, get half a dozen tubes of silicone,
> and fill the whole damn thing solid. That makes me wonder, wouldn't solid
> rubber tires work better on LSR cars than traditional pneumatic?
> Dick J
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