The tires are still a crap shoot. BSR probably builds him NASA quality foams, but the material itself is the weak link.
That would be fun. Someone should start a poll but I don't think shoe thread types are allowed in the speed demons section.
The trick to the tires might be a larger diameter. Larger diameter means less wheel RPM and more stability. The down side is there is more rotational mass and changing the speed of the wheel is harder.
In general, the hardest part is the start from 0-100. That is the time when the car has very little downforce and can get squirrely.
Agree 100%. The 1/5 wheels are a bit large, but word around the campfire is that in a galaxy far, far away there is this guy (let’s call him Bob) who is doing the math and designing a wheel a little bigger than 100mm and perfectly balanced that will run the same RPM’s at 250mph as the current BSR’s do at 180mph. In an adjoining galaxy there is another guy (let’s call him Bob as well) that will receive these wheels and outfit them with the latest and greatest foam compound that the universe has yet to see. They will have less width and less meat on them than we are used to, and they will be true. Meanwhile, back here on Earth, a really gifted dude (Bob) has already engineered a chassis design modification allowing these wheels to fit within the 1/7 FC100 arches with a solution so elegant and simple that those who bear witness will bow and show their respect. At least that’s what I heard.
Which one?
