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      10-21-2011, 09:12 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by LEDZEP View Post
'Hydroplaning" as I've always known it, is a result of two factors: speed and tread depth/design. The size of the wheel/tire combination has nothing to do with it.
Aqua/aqui (Latin) =water
Hydr/hydra/hydro (Greek) =water

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The speed at which a tire hydroplanes is a function of water depth, vehicle speed, vehicle weight, tire width, tread depth and tread design. It depends on how much water has to be removed, how much weight is pressing down on the tires and how efficient the tread design is at evacuating water. While deeper water, higher speeds, lighter vehicles, wider tires, less tread depth and less efficient tread designs will cause tires to hydroplane at lower speeds; all tires will be forced to hydroplane at some speed.

See; size does matter!!!

Last edited by Radioactive; 10-21-2011 at 09:49 AM..
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