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Old 11-20-2012, 02:57 PM   #11
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Default Re: Is a lightened flywheel overrated? (I think so)
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A good point Jim. If you take the reverse impulse moment and apply Chlomondely's grillage coefficient you will see that the forward strake force is cancelled and the engine will run like a top.
Which is a key component of Rockwell International's "Turbo Encabulator".

See technical video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIS5n9Oyzsc

It all makes perfect sense (classical mechanics).

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