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Re: 4 inch Wheel of Doom

I could see a highly optimized single-piece dead-axle 4" wheel approch .10 lbs. Our 4" 2 piece 7075 bead-lok style wheel weighs .23 lbs. No reason a less complicated and more optimized wheel utilizing a material with another 30ksi of yield strength couldn't cut that weight in half...
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