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Looks like a misleading tweet, in the video it sounds like the tire came off like it was a flat maybe?
by brucethemoose2 3y ago
Looks like a misleading tweet, in the video it sounds like the tire came off like it was a flat maybe?
- EarthIsHome 3y agoIn the video: > It just rolled off the runway behind you.
- pimlottc 3y agoThat doesn't really answer it, most tires hold enough shape to be able to roll on their own.
- daveslash 3y agoYou're right, they do. And I'm certainly no expert, but I have a more difficult time imagining a tire coming off the wheel intact without some catastrophic "blowout" impeding it's ability to smoothly roll than I do imagining a whole wheel coming off.
- jagged-chisel 3y agoLeak, low pressure becomes no pressure, various lateral forces encouraging the tire to fold this way and that under mass, and soon enough the tire alone escapes its tormentor (because it’s being bent and pushed in ways similar to those that originally encouraged it to pop onto the wheel) and scurries away toward an unsuspecting fence.
- daveslash 3y agoWell, I did say that I was no expert. This explanation makes sense. Thank you.
- mvdtnz 3y agoAmericans commonly use "tyre" and "wheel" interchangeably. Drives me nuts especially in motorsports where the distinction is important. But it is what it is. This was a case of a wheel coming off.
- mrits 3y agoAmericans don’t use tyre
- oh_nice_marmot 3y agoThat's highly unusual. How do their cars move?
- ethbr1 3y agoWe roll on polyhedrons where s approaches infinity.
- mrits 3y agoS hit infinity on my first car's tires
- bombcar 3y agoOn tires. The tire is the rubber, the wheel is the whole assembly. If you're talking to people who talk about it in detail. Everyone else refers to them interchangeably.
- lwkl 3y agoNot sure if I missed your joke. But this is probably a joke based on the spelling of the word being British. So Americans use tires and the British use tyres.
- mvdtnz 3y agoI wasn't joking, I'm not going to use the American spelling just because I'm talking about how Americans use the word. They really do use "wheel" and "tyre" interchangeably.