Flat-proof "airless" tires

[Misfit]

Polaris introducing flat-proof "airless" tires | Fox News

For years, pneumatic tires -- the kind you fill with air -- have been a burr in the side of the ATV industry. Even on short excursions over rocky terrain a popped tire is not unexpected, and they often occur far from home.

Now, off-road vehicle specialist Polaris plans to debut a consumer version of an “airless” Non-Pneumatic Tire (NPT) by early next year.

 

[GWguy]

I've seen this before. My thought is: What happens when you get mud, snow or stone inside those holes? Going to throw the whole tire out of balance and it won't be easy to clean.

 

[Misfit]

I've seen this before. My thought is: What happens when you get mud, snow or stone inside those holes? Going to throw the whole tire out of balance and it won't be easy to clean.

Gold spinners would prevent that.

 

[itsbob]

I've seen this before. My thought is: What happens when you get mud, snow or stone inside those holes? Going to throw the whole tire out of balance and it won't be easy to clean.

My ASSUMPTION is that this picture is like a cutaway just to show you the engineering and how it works..

I would ASSUME (again) that there would be some kind of sidewall, and wouldn't look much different than current tires.

 

[GWguy]

My ASSUMPTION is that this picture is like a cutaway just to show you the engineering and how it works..

I would ASSUME (again) that there would be some kind of sidewall, and wouldn't look much different than current tires.

Maybe, but I haven't seen any pictures of a whole tire, only pictures like Misfit posted.

But then again, I haven't gone looking for any.

 

[desertrat]

Maybe, but I haven't seen any pictures of a whole tire, only pictures like Misfit posted.

But then again, I haven't gone looking for any.

I did. They all look like that.

 

[Misfit]

I wonder how this will change police using spike strips.

 

[GWguy]

I wonder how this will change police using spike strips.

Interesting thought...

 

[glhs837]

I wonder how this will change police using spike strips.

An interlocking set of spiked bars designed to get into the mesh and destroy it would be the ticket, think coltrops with longer arms.

 

[Ken King]

I wonder how this will change police using spike strips.

How many people are out there eluding on ATVs? A simple fender jolt should work fine.

 

[aps45819]

My ASSUMPTION is that this picture is like a cutaway just to show you the engineering and how it works..

I would ASSUME (again) that there would be some kind of sidewall, and wouldn't look much different than current tires.

from the article;

Polaris says the open design means dirt, tree branches, and gravel will shift and fall out as you ride, rather than getting stuck inside.

 

[GURPS]

How many people are out there eluding on ATVs? A simple fender jolt should work fine.

I would ASSUME these will eventually be marketed for 4x4's and cars

 

[Ken King]

I would ASSUME these will eventually be marketed for 4x4's and cars

You do? Okay!

 

[desertrat]

from the article;

Polaris says the open design means dirt, tree branches, and gravel will shift and fall out as you ride, rather than getting stuck inside.

Kind of left out the mud part huh?

 

[Vince]

I wonder how this will change police using spike strips.

Switch to explosive strips. :shrug:

 

[desertrat]

Switch to explosive strips. :shrug:

Just use huge sheets of flypaper.

 

[glhs837]

You do? Okay!

Tire makers have been playing around with for close to ten years themselves and showing concepts playing on test tracks. Nobody has brought one to market yet, though. So his assumption isn't crazy.

 

[Misfit]

Just use huge sheets of flypaper.

They’d lose too many good officers trying to deploy it.

 

[desertrat]

They’d lose too many good officers trying to deploy it.

 

[itsbob]

You do? Okay!

You do realize in the picture the tire is on a HMMWV???

An off road, AND road vehcile.. commonly referred to as a 4X4, not an ATV.