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Re: Favorite wheels

While we are likely to continue running colson wheels due to thier price to performance ratio, and some unique properties that we've discovered I have been doing some research into semi-pneumatic and pneumatic small diameter wheels.

It seems that the smallest readily useable COTS wheel are the 6" diameter ones 330 and 1114 have used successfully. While heavy I believe a custom rim/hub could go along way to making them lighter and easier to work with.

Another option might be to make custom beadlock style rim/hub assembly to use Remote Control Truck Tires, with foam inside, the foam would have to be adjusted to something more dense than what is currently used in that application, but a semi-pneumatic wheel, with COTS available tread could be rather nice. Has anyone looked into this?
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