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- From: carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick)
- Newsgroups: sci.energy
- Subject: Re: Popular Science Fly Wheel Article
- Date: 28 Dec 1992 19:32:32 GMT
- Organization: HST Wide Field/Planetary Camera
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- In article <78155@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM>, mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson) writes:
- >In <1h41jqINNn2j@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- >
- >| 2) They've reduced the energy stored in each flywheel. I'd be happier
- >| if they were using about 500 flywheels, but 20's a start. They're
- >| now only talking about something like 2 sticks of dynamite
- >| equivalent in the event of a flywheel failure.
- >
- >Only if they put each flywheel in a separate container, otherwise the shock
- >wave of the first one going will take out all the others. Of course if they
- >put them in seperate containers, your car will soon weigh more than your
- >average tank.
-
- Well, yes, I *was* assuming that they'd put them in separate containers. By
- doing so, they'd be able to increase the time over which the failure occurs
- (even if the containers were flimsy enough that failure of one would generate a
- chain reaction of failures as other containers were breached by debris), which
- could make things considerably safer.
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- Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- Disclaimer: Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS. That's what I get paid for. My
- understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below). So
- unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
- organization responsible for it. If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
- hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.
-