Just as we must consider rim and insert together, we must buy the tire
considering it is a part of the whole tactical wheel. Buying just because the brand
is famous or because the price is low could create disappointments. Why ? Because
in one tactical wheel, three materials have to work together despite structural
differences. Remember at school the game Paper/Stone/Chisels…
For example, a rubber insert will burn the tire (and reverse) because rubber
against rubber is a good fire machine. A strong plastic insert could cut the
tire easily…
It could seems very strange that, using 3D models and simulations, algorithms and
other tools, nobody can define with precision the final result of a runflating condition
without organizing the right trial. Nevertheless it is a fact and unlike
plastic or metal, rubber is “alive”.
For this reason, we organize our own
confidential trials and we know all brands.
One point of doctrine is important: Doctrine says that a good result in runflating
trial means tire is not destroyed. It is not logic and not in accordance with
the real combat situations: If a vehicle in mission is in runflating situation
in reason of lack of pressure, the cause is obviously a shot, an IED or a
problem.. In this case, the only one way is to run fast.
It is the reason why RFI
created inserts offering possibility to run without tires, thanks to the “intelligence”
of the insert’s material.
