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- From: markm@ee.ubc.ca (mark milligan)
- Subject: Re: Flywheel batteries as EV power source
- Message-ID: <1992Dec17.174704.21677@ee.ubc.ca>
- Sender: news@ee.ubc.ca (Usenet News)
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- References: <Bz6nuM.LCo@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:47:04 GMT
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- Wouldnt the gyroscopic forces of a 600 Lb flywheel spinning
- at several thousand or 10's of thousands rpm cause problems
- manuvering the vehicle?
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- I know that the propeller of a small plane causes the aircraft
- to turn and must be trimed with an opposing force.
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- Maybe this is the reason flywheels are not such a good idea?
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