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Re: Air in tires adding to weight?

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Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
Why would you say this? Teams are encouraged to let all the air out of their pneumatic tanks when weighing, but can compete with them fully charged.

Is there a rule you can reference that verifies this claim?
Pneumatic tires are not pneumatics. (Blue box, [R71]).

The reason pneumatics are supposed to be empty when weighing (and all through inspection other than the power-on check) is for safety, so that something doesn't go totally haywire. Pneumatic tires don't have that problem.

Therefore, I can conclude that pneumatic tires, if deflated for inspection, must compete as inspected; i.e., deflated.

Oh, and Dr. Joe is right about air's lack of weight savings. Just trust me on this (other than: I was dealing with about 3 IWC air last summer).
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