Posted by Jock on May 05, 2006 at 00:17:35 from 81.76.86.2 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Valve Gear was Thorpe Station - engine changing posted by Owen Roberts on May 03, 2006 at 15:54:43:
Jon: Making the outer wheels spoked reduces the burden they put on the centre wheel, and the greater mass of the centre wheel also adds to its inertia
OR: I seem to remember that boxpoc wheels were designed to reduce rim deflection.
Boxpoc wheels reduce rim reflection and are lighter! So less inertia. Less track damage as well.
Couldn't find a link to Boxpoc wheels, but the Scullin Wheel is designed on similar principles.