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Re: Favorite wheels
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Originally Posted by Phyrxes
Wouldn't that be like using a can of "fix a flat" on a car? But with the wheel being semi-pneumatic the material should be able to help define the wheels compressibility (is that a word?) by helping the existing rigidity or the tire material and shape.
Sounds like a neat idea to try, but it would seem you are either going to have to cut a ring shaped donut to put inside the tire or use expanding foam.
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Semi-pneumatic RC car tires rely entirely on the foam for support, there is no way to pressurize the tire with air (at least in my experience).
You would have to use a ring-shaped piece of foam, or bend a straight piece of foam. RC car tires have a soft enough bead that I would stuff the tire with foam, then install it on the wheel. The same could be done with robot wheels. Alternatively, the wheel could be two-piece and clamp onto the tire/foam combo from both sides in the same way that airplane and truck tires are mounted on wheels.
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