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| In article <1992Dec17.010235.986@cmkrnl.com>, jeh@cmkrnl.com writes:
| 
| > And even if the container does hold, we're not out of the woods yet.  
| > If the container doesn't break, it is because it is able to absorb 
| > the energy.  Which means that the energy STILL gets turned into heat 
| > -- it's just that it isn't enough heat to break the container.  
| > The container, nonetheless, is going to get damned hot.  
| > 
| > The only way around this is to make the container so sturdy that the 
| > flywheel keeps spinning in the worst collision imaginable. 

How big of a container are we talking about in this flywheel thread?

I have heard talk of flywheels that contain enough energy to move a
car from a standing start (?) to 100 mph.  This seems like a tremendous
quantity of energy from a spinning device.

I assume that a flywheel is cylindrically shaped.  I have only heard 
descriptions of what they do and that they make EV's more competitive
with gasoline-powered cars.  I have never seen a technical drawing.

I'm not even sure that they exist at all.  Are any regenerative flywheels
in use today other than on test vehicles that cost hundreds of thousands
of dollars?