Parametric Airless Tire 3D Printer Model
The file 'Parametric Airless Tire 3D Printer Model' is (scad,stl) file type, size is 85.5KB.
The file 'Parametric Airless Tire 3D Printer Model' is (scad,stl) file type, size is 85.5KB.
This design is inspired by Bridgestone's airless tire concept:
http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-12-bridgestone-airless-concept-tokyo.html
Using the natural springiness of plastic, this design can absorb shock and vibration in a manner similar to a pneumatic tire, but cannot be punctured.
Videos here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LctFwZhY1M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXBgaaI7dHY
This design is fully parametric.
Update: Added tiny (0.001) offset between spirals. Openscad errored when trying to export an STL otherwise.
| spiralwheel.scad | 2.0KB | |
| spiralwheel.stl | 368.2KB | |
| spiralwheel_fine.stl | 639.3KB |
