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Re: Wheels: Metal or Plastic?
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Originally Posted by Lil' Lavery
I'm interested in a different take on composite wheels. Not wheels made from a "composite material" (carbon fiber, etc), but rather a wheel made from multiple materials. In order to reduce weight, many teams use less material in locations that experience less stress. I'm curious about using a different material in those locations could possibly lead to even greater weight reductions. Or course, this requires more machining and some system to attach the two materials, but it's an area that I don't think has really been explored yet.
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One could take some tubing, machine a rim profile into it, then use radially oriented bolts to connect it to a spider (hub and spokes) made of a different material. This eliminates the (IMHO) silly practice of milling a huge chunk of billet into a wheel, which is just not practical in the real world.
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