Have you seen good year's sphere tyre?

>>15728752
Yep. Looks good. It takes too much space than a regular tire because it's wider.

>>15728752
> muh contact patch

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>>15728781
Fuck you. This is now your contact patch.

>>15728752
i-Robot plz go. Seriously though, may function well, but that co$$$t tho.

>>15728752
The amount of sidewall crush would be catastrophic on an actual road vehicle when cornering. Braking in a straight line would be deadly.

>>15728856
>Braking in a straight line would be deadly.
how? (seriously)

>>15728752

The stance applications are awesome.

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>>15729000

>>15728931
well considering your tyres are your first point of contact for suspension and braking.......

Braking on the apex of a sphere leaves no contact for grip-to-surface. Surface area of tyre is your first line of braking, otherwise you just lock up and slide.

braking on a corner where there is more contact area would be slightly better, but still shit due to overall flex in a sphere.

It's a friction thing.

Why not put Metal in the road, and make giant magnetic tires.

>>15729118
but the sphere depresses to a circle, not a point. As compared to a rectangle of sides r, a circle with radius r has π more area of contact (surface area).

What am I missing? What do you mean by overall flex- does the spherical shape deform less leaving less area to actually contact the road? That seems like a massively retarded oversight.

>>15728752
>magnetic levitation
the latest revolution in taking road feel away from drivers

>>15729177
have you ever sat on a beach ball/spacehopper?

What happens?

So what would happen if it was rolling forward with you on it?

Is physics too much?

>>15728752
H-how does it attach to your axle...?

>>15729923
desu i don't think it's supposed to do anything except look like a ball with tyre treads on it

>>15728781
you do realize that the size of the contact patch depends only on vehicle weight and tire pressure, not on the shape of the tire, right?