Nice, but much not usable wheel before you scrape the trucks. Concrete will eat them up quickly.
Adrien
I think there will be big problems with this approach. The smaller diameter will result in faster rotation, so as you go over on the side, the wheel speed will have to markedly increase. If the wheels compress at all, you\'ll have multiple different diameters in contact with the ground at the same time. Fundamentally the wheel cannot rotate at 2 different speeds at the same time, so this will result in one part of the surface having to actually slip. therefore I see this having quite reduced traction.
Dustin
That doesn\'t add up Adrien. If that were the case then vehicles with curved or rounded wheels, like a motorcycle, would have major issues when turning at speed.
shredder
This thing is a revelation.It rides like nothing you have ever tried before.Like Dustin said,a motorcycle tire has rounded side walls so you can bank into turns.Waves are curved, this board makes the road feel like one giant wave.
Robt
You\'ve tried one?
Bruce H. Anderson
The question of torque wind-up is a canard. The main concern is contact patch, which I assume can be dealt with by choosing polymers wisely. It looks like this would provide a straighter lean, where body/board/wheels are more in alignment, and the ground contact point would be more inboard than outboard. I bet it is faster going straight as well. If Shredder has ridden this unit I say his word is Gospel.
Mirmillion
A little more wheel diameter please. More than few millimeters of wear and the thing will be bottoming out. Nice work in all other respects. How are you preventing axle bending with weight substantially over the outside of the long wheel? Mucho strong axlel and top flight bearings I hope.
Jimmy Fallin
I\'d use a tapered axle and use a smaller bearing on the outside and larger bearings on the inside to over come axle issue. Agree, regarding needing more wheel diameter to keep the skateboard trucks from bottoming out.
Michael Carter
along way from the days were we nail two skate halves together on either end of a two-by-four, LOL!! Any Old Schoolers out there?!!