Originally Posted by
InspGadgt
Duratrax used to make a rubber tire that would glue on standard 1/12th wheels...but they were very heavy and the compound too hard to get any grip at all.
The F103s ran OK with rubber tires. They were much better on the soft rubber capped tires and even better still on foams. Unless rubber tires get some serious research I don't think they will ever be a viable option for pan cars. I think they could possibly work but it would take a different formulation then what is currently used for TCs.
Of course it would take some R&D, but I'm sure it's totally viable. It's just a matter of finding the right compound, sidewall stiffness, tire profile, etc. Probably not nearly as difficult to figure out as how to find the best way to run lipo in 1/12, for example.