Experimental Spinning Flywheel Car Demonstration (July 2, 1980)
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- Report on the use of a spinning flywheel to make a more efficient transmission and use less gas. Footage of a flywheel-powered car being driven and tested in a garage by a scientist; a flywheel attached to a transmission under a car’s hood. Interview and demonstration of a toy flywheel car by a University of Minnesota scientist. Natural sound and VoiceOver.
Reporter: Eustis, Allan
A flywheel is a mechanical device which uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy; a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed. In particular, assuming the flywheel's moment of inertia is constant (i.e., a flywheel with fixed mass and second moment of area revolving about some fixed axis) then the stored (rotational) energy is directly associated with the square of its rotational speed.
Since a flywheel serves to store mechanical energy for later use, it is natural to consider it as a kinetic energy analogue of an electrical inductor. Once suitably abstracted, this shared principle of energy storage is described in the generalized concept of an accumulator. As with other types of accumulators, a flywheel inherently smooths sufficiently small deviations in the power output of a system, thereby effectively playing the role of a low-pass filter with respect to the mechanical velocity (angular, or otherwise) of the system. More precisely, a flywheel's stored energy will donate a surge in power output upon a drop in power input and will conversely absorb any excess power input (system-generated power) in the form of rotational energy.
Common uses of a flywheel include smoothing a power output in reciprocating engines, energy storage, delivering energy at higher rates than the source, controlling the orientation of a mechanical system using gyroscope and reaction wheel, etc. Flywheels are typically made of steel and rotate on conventional bearings; these are generally limited to a maximum revolution rate of a few thousand RPM.[1] High energy density flywheels can be made of carbon fiber composites and employ magnetic bearings, enabling them to revolve at speeds up to 60,000 RPM (1 kHz).[2]
installing 2 flywheels spinning opposite of each other on the same rod will make turning easier... you should youtube the train that ran on one track using gyros back in the day.
Its not a secret or conspiracy - flywheels are INCREDIBLY dangerous. If this car was involved in a crash.... it would be absolute carnage and cause so much death and destruction compared to a regular vehicle. Even low speed rear ending of this could be fatal.
That's kinda what I was thinking, too. Also, the technology of absorbing braking energy is used today in electric and hybrid cars, so the conspiracy doesn't hold up.
Imagine being killed from spinning/flying debris from an accident a mile away.
Yes flywheels are dangerous but have you ever seen a lithium fire?
Edit:Maybe this wasnt a good example, flywheel car bad
@@NeilBooth Lithium fires don't tend to kill bystanders though.
Good luck getting insurance on that. :P
@@Cheebzsta recently in South Africa an LPG container truck had a accident which clipped the lid off, 34 bystanders died in the explosion even though the driver taped off the area and told them to leave, they wanted to watch.
But yeah flywheels batteries would probably be unsafe, cause thats alot of energy in a few directions. If the fly wheel hits your house it could be like a tank armor piercing round lol. Yeah so one accident could potentially be like a dozen tank shots going off in random direction?
Flywheels become gyros fighting you when you try to turn a corner.
if it is mounted horizontally, i instead prevents the car from tipping over
It becomes a giant beyblade that severs legs if you get in an accident
IT'S BEYBLAAAAADE
Not necessarily, what you are saying is exaggerated !
I would like to see more about this car.
You know how a tire can come off in a crash and turn into a deadly projectile? Yeah so it turns out a metal disc that's even heavier and faster could be an even bigger risk in an accident. Who knew?
I saw a giant truck loaded with construction sand. One of the tires exploded; Because the truck's load was greater than the tire could handle. The driver stopped and got out. It did not happen as you say, but it was a safe thing !! Also the flywheel when it engineered.
Less fuel consumption. Jez I wonder who killed that idea than? 🛢️
Read up about how these things would fly off the vehicle like a frisbee of death during safety crash testing.....literally a metal ninja star that weighs like 250 lbs
Nah not an oil thing...flywheel becomes damaged or out of balance....run!!!!! Keep running. 500 ft away isn't far enough!
@@DukesArchive
not necessarily !