Tires puncturing on landings in Finland
I got two tire punctures yesterday when driving the Finland stages. One with the Focus driving the Ouninpohja jump in reverse, landed partly in the left ditch and couple secs later co-driver said "we lost the front left tyre".
Second one was with the Kadett and landed a very big jump normally to the middle of the road. Second later and co-driver said "we have a puncture in rear left". You can figure out my car went into the bushes in the next corner ;)
So, have you experienced this and what do you think about it? It looks like the bigger the jump the more probable it is to puncture one of your tires.
Posted Oct 1, 2015, 10:03 AM UTC
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If you land in a ditch you will get a puncture, it's pretty clear imo, and make sure you don't land too big jumps sideways, as I guess you apply big lateral forces to the tires when landing, forcing the tires of their wheel.
I don't think it's pretty clear you get a puncture when landing in a ditch, it's more possible ofc. but not 100% guaranteed. And when my tires punctured I wasn't sideways.
I was merely asking if other people have experienced this, is there a big risk to get a puncture when landing big jumps or was it just my "lucky" day?
Well, I would say your tyre was probably empty by the time you got to the jump, as you first get flat, and then you loose the tyre... while you are driving flat, the characteristics of the car changes just slightly, but its still drivable...
If, however that is true, then its great, because, lets be honest, I have seen so many rally cars literally loosing wheel after landing on all four on 'road'
Nope, all tires were okay before the jump. It's the stage where you start close to the yellow house jump. I was waiting for a puncture message, not "we lost the tire" message :D So it really was a surprise thing, of course a realistic one :)