are tires purely pneumatic devices?

[Grant Lenahan]

Believe what you wish, i provided the first interesting test data i found.

Grant

On Oct 22, 2012, at 1:25 AM, Huw Powell wrote:

> Data from a test that wasn't designed to test the question at hand, garbage in, garbage out.
> 
> Especially considering the anomalous data.
> 
> So far from QED it's not funny.
> 
> On 10/11/2012 8:53 PM, Grant Lenahan wrote:
>> Huh and I had a disagreement.  Not sure why, since this has been reported at SAE, by Tire Rack and in racing forums ad nauseum.
>> Yet, we did.
>> 
>> here's quite a bit more empirical data from Avon tyres, that demonstrates that i was not nearly assertive enough.
>> They are barely pneumatic at all.
>> 
>> http://www.performancesimulations.com/fact-or-fiction-tires-1.htm
>> 
>> QED.
>> 
>> actually, not entirely QED. I'm interested enough that I'l;l send some time on this when i'm not doubled booked professionally.
>> 
>> But for now, qed :-)
>> 
>> Grant
>> 
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>> Grant Lenahan
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