Originally Posted by
Fredo76
I wonder if that was the model used by some clowns to "prove" that lighter wheels are no better than lighter anything-else. Seems like it might be. I had to laugh. I agree with Larry here.
No, the proof that removing weight from wheels makes a trivial difference compared to removing the weight from anywhere else in the system came from direct field testing (the earliest I'm aware of is Kraig Willett's from 2001). The model just explains the empirical finding.