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Re:Tesla Roadster by grkvlt on Friday November 17, 2017 @11:52AM (#15723626)
Wow, the buckling of the tire wall in the last two pictures is crazy. I guess that happens because there is enough friction to stop the wheel moving, and the axle is trying to turn it faster, causing a shear force. With normal tires, I assume they would just slip at that point and spin because they don't have enough friction in the contact patch touching the road.
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Re:Tesla Roadster by Unklejoe on Friday November 17, 2017 @12:01PM (#15723714)
Yep! The tires are actually designed to do that. It really helps to prevent things from snapping by absorbing some of the shock when the cars drop the clutch or let go of the trans brake.
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Re:Tesla Roadster by grkvlt on Friday November 17, 2017 @01:17PM (#15724484)
So the tires are acting like torsion springs then?
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Re:Tesla Roadster by andyjsong on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:00PM (#15725500)
It increases the footprint of the tire at the start, giving the car more grip. Here is a video: https://youtu.be/-VF0JwxQqcA?t=10m42s
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Re:Tesla Roadster by grkvlt on Saturday November 18, 2017 @10:56AM (#15729441)
Thanks, that's really interesting - there's some amazing technology going into what I had previously assumed was a fairly boring static (modulo the rotation, of course) component of these vehicles.
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