Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flywheels

["D. Blake" <dblake@bright.net>]

Here's a good website on flywheels with lots of info and a list of links:
http://space-power.grc.nasa.gov/ppo/flywheel/fly.html 

Big Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael B Holt <michaelbholt@juno.com>
To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2000 10:41 AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Flywheels (was: Hydrogen Peroxide)


>On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 22:18:49 -0700 "Gary R. Boucher" writes:
>>     One last note on exotic propulsion systems.  Here's one I bet
>nobody 
>>thought of.  If you want a great deal of propulsion for a relatively
>short 
>>period of time build a sub with the propulsion energy stored in 
>>flywheels. 
>
>About a thousand years ago, I obtained a set of papers from a 
>conference on flywheel power.   Very impressive stuff.  The general
>intent was for alternative-power automobiles, but . . . 
>
>There was a torpedo used by the USN, running under flywheel power.
>It was replaced by the Whitehead torpedo in about 1908, I think.  I'll 
>see what I can find.
>
>
>
>Michael
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