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Old 12th February 2006 | 15:08
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Originally Posted by effortless
The flatter the tyre the greater the surface area presented to the water.

the pressure is surley dependant upon the weight of the vehicle for a given tyre profile
I was thinking more of correctly inflated tyres, i,e the ones on a car @ 35psi
are no flatter than ones on aircraft @ 200psi ,
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