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In article <1992Dec15.004956.465@mtu.edu> cmwolf@mtu.edu (christopher m. wolf) writes:
>The same flywheels are referenced in the last IEEE.  They are low mass, very 
>high speed devices.  The low mass does not obstruct cornering, while the
>high speed and low diameter helps them to store more power.  They supposedly
>should take about 10 minutes to fully "charge", given a large enough (not
>impossible) power source, although usually not available in the normal home.
>They should be made of a composite fiber material, so if they should break 
>apart, they will basically turn into something resembling cotton, instead of

But how hot would this "cotton" be? You're dumping what is presumably
the equivalent of several gallons of gasoline's worth of energy.
That's a very large amount of energy.

After all, a Fuel-Air-Explosive is nothing more than some hot gas...

Gasoline powered automobiles don't usually explode on impact despite
what you see in the movies. Flywheel powered vehicles seem a lot more
risky to me.

I hope they do lots of crash tests before unleashing such a dangerous
technology on the unsuspecting public.

Can you imagine the bumper stickers:

	CAUTION: FLYWHEEL ONBOARD

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