Re: Flywheel Battery

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From: Hoyt A. Stearns jr.
Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1992 19:14

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In article <9912@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> hall@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Hal Lillywhite) writes:
>In article <75361@ut-emx.uucp> johncobb@ut-emx.cc.utexas.edu (John W. Cobb) writes:
>
>Probably the best solution is to mount the flywheel on gimbals so it
>is not really connected to the attitude of the vehicle.  Then the
>vehicle can turn any way it pleases and not be effected by the
>flywheel.  Gyroscope designers probably know all about how to do
>this.  With a really clever design these gimbals might even have
>some built in "viscosity" to help keep the vehicle upright in an
>accident.

That's probably true, but one could also have two counter-rotating flywheels
so the total angular momentum is zero (high bearing stresses though).

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From: hoyt@isus.UUCP (Hoyt A. Stearns jr.)
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Subject: Re: Flywheel Battery
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