European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1963, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 t fat a photos by Guenter 5chuettler no pneumatic comparable which could motor be undergoing it Pouble to njord by hour. In act to be he flu old former at the wheel i which Fermi Urt Anchor deaf Thi main por of 16 rubber printing. It the Point the disc fingers Reed position of a wheel no Spring to 3 inches. It 40 per rentier than nor he own Testard my primarily As a spare tire to Date. Porsche running with the Schmid wheel and three Normal urea have reached ipe Edi of i lightly Over 110 ,h. On dry roads and slightly under the 100 Mark on wet and snowy autobahn. The wheel hag also been tinted on Volkswagen and Mercedes. Over 150 .h. He been achieved on a Rig. A to shaped Light Alloy ring is vulcanized into the rubber rim to provide added stiff Ness. Another Alloy casting runs parallel to the wheel disc providing a Channel in which the rubber fingers move with tiny Metal Springs to Koep the fingers from rubbing directly against the Walls wheel disc on one Side Alloy shield on the other thus minimizing Wear. Air Cooling through Hole bored in the Alloy shield keep Ope rat ing temperatures Down practical experience has shown that the average Driver does not in most situations realize that the vehicle is not equipped with four Normal tires. Only when at tempting to drive around Corners in Rac ing style docs the fact that one of the wheels u scarcely thicker than a pan cuke make itself known and present development work is him cd at improving intern stability. The wheel has already proven itself As a spare. If and when the wheel is developed to the Point that it can be used on ill four wheels with Comfort and longevity com parable to the present air full cd tire the unpleasant Lank of changing wheels at a . On u Stormy night will be gone for Ever. With this wheel As a basis Schmid has produced the design for a vehicle to break the land Speed record Start with the Assumption that present pneumatic tires limit record att Mph to the neighbourhood of 450-500 .h. Then look at so bold s wheel in the Light of extremely High speeds. Centrifugal Lorce effects on the rim which replaces the pneumatic tire Are minor without this limiting Factor Schmid Haa com up with a tiny vehicle weighing jew than an Ameri can Sedan which in simple in Conception and theoretically at least a already made Donald Campbell s Bluebird an out Moded machine. Bluebird which a wrecked on the Bonnet Jive suit Flats two years ago is scheduled to run on Lake Eyre Rulia this i prong in another no Lempel to break sir John Cobb s 1m7 world record of 3m.2 .h.the Whyla Schmid would use on his record vehicle a basically the name Ashe ones he designed for Normal cars except that the in in of Light Alloy instead of rubber to withstand the higher speeds. The Alloy can Hove a tread pattern Cut into it became of the springing Capo till uhf of the wheel there arc no other suspension members in the vehicle Sav ing weight and helping to ensure a dream lined form the rear Axl is simply bolted on the Power the Schmid design makes us Leopold Schmid with Model of car he designed to break to rid i land Speed record. 25, 1963 of an 815-Pound Bristol orpheus Turbine which today can be considered a Rit production item. Hli meant of i Rani Mil Ling the Power to the rear wheels will probably raise considerable controversy. Kitted directly behind the Turbine exhaust is a i 1 e Padrta wheel arrangement. When the Turbine is running the puddle wheels connected to the rear Axle through reduction rur. Drive the vehicle. Approximately four ten lib of the Lur Bane a in rust will drive he puddle wheel and the other six tenths the vehicle it self by pure thrust. He says this ratio can be International automobile it of ration rules merely Tatale that the vehicle must be driven through the wheels they do not it Ute How much of the Power Mutt be applied to the driving wheels. The act remain to at to hat come up with a re the stars and stripes Ducu loudly simple and cheap Dan lion Schmid estimate $135,000 As the total Cost. Will the record vehicle Ever be built Schmid does t see much Hope or to at present business is too Good in Genu in he nay and therefore there s no firm with enough interest in the publicity to i gained by sponsoring such on Alu Mph if Campbell and hit Bluebird he in Australia however Schmid thinks there Miry be More inner Chi in Mapel project. On the Jilin inn top Speed sch tits prop Filo is it Bli Ned to Seurh n top Speed of t10 .h., inking slightly nver tight mile1 und us seconds to g l there from a Aln Mlong Start. He Fnu a that Gnu where before that at Alnoble figure the Shock a ties set up by the Poud of found will Start to interfere and will thus limit the top Speed to perhaps Only goo or 650 Miles an hour. Pas 13 1,1 3 9 j
