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Re: There's a reason steam engines use a flywheel...
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Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:07:11 GMT
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Rob Antonishen wrote:
> Bottom line is a flywheel is more effective when its inertia is larger
> (mass is further from the center of rotation or mass is larger. So
> you either need it large (diameter) and lighter or small and heavier.
> When you say "tiny" what do you mean? I would suggest attaching two
> train weights to a pulley, if that is not too big. Otherwise, tires
> tend to be the heavier elements. One from 8448 or something similar.
Angular momentum plays a big role in flywheel design as well. So you
can bring velocity into it. You can add a small, light, fast flywheel,
and a large, heavy, slow flywheel to your options.
Also flywheels don't have to be circular and they don't even have to be
balanced. (Although an out of balance flywheel really needs to be
balanced in the contest of the whole machine, unless vibration is what
you're looking for.)
Derek
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