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Don't miss Radiatidon's comments, especially #7

by ivank 18y ago

Flemlord 18y ago
For convenience: Christopher S. Putnam said ”unique to flywheel designs is the gyroscopic effect, which causes spinning objects to resist changes to their orientation. As stated a flywheel resists change in its angular location. In playing with various test apparatuses during the 1970,s & 1980’s, we strove to design and build a “floating” cradle to contain the flywheel. This cradle would in theory keep the flywheel facing in the same direction no matter how the vehicle moved and/or turned. Theory does not always pan out in the real world. Christopher S. Putnam said ”all of which must be released very quickly if the flywheel breaks apart or falls off its axle.” We did sufferer various breakdowns, as the flywheel’s mounts would shatter under the extreme forces that such a device operates under. Also we had a casualty when one test apparatus had a minor flaw in structure of that flywheel. We had powered-up the flywheel and was preparing to test yet another combination of bearings, magnets, and high tensile frame structure. It was giving off a most pleasant thrum and there was hardly any deviation in the floating axis. Suddenly there was a weird sounding pop, and the warning systems came on-line. This shut down the power to the flywheel and engaged the slow-brake to power down the spin. Unfortunately this was too little and too late. The floating axis shifted and sent harmonic vibrations throughout the support structure. With an ear-piercing squeal the highly spinning metal gave off its death cry. The device literally came apart sending shrapnel in a vector perpendicular to the common axis of the flywheel. The safety shield that incased the device did not live up to its design as the debris tore through it like so much tissue paper. Unfortunately there was a fellow standing in front of it when this happened. Like a scene out of some sick horror flick, he was instantly split from crotch to forehead. Considering the amount of damage, it was amazing that we suffered only the one death. The project was canceled shortly after that. …as interesting as this article is, I wish that I had not read the damn thing. It brought back bad memories. Memories that are just as vivid as if it just happened. I was standing next to him, and as he fell I tried to catch him…

Don't miss Radiatidon's comments, especially #7

by ivank 18y ago

Don't miss Radiatidon's comments, especially #7

For convenience: Christopher S. Putnam said ”unique to flywheel designs is the gyroscopic effect, which causes spinning objects to resist changes to their orientation. As stated a flywheel resists change in its angular location. In playing with various test apparatuses during the 1970,s & 1980’s, we strove to design and build a “floating” cradle to contain the flywheel. This cradle would in theory keep the flywheel facing in the same direction no matter how the vehicle moved and/or turned. Theory does not always pan out in the real world. Christopher S. Putnam said ”all of which must be released very quickly if the flywheel breaks apart or falls off its axle.” We did sufferer various breakdowns, as the flywheel’s mounts would shatter under the extreme forces that such a device operates under. Also we had a casualty when one test apparatus had a minor flaw in structure of that flywheel. We had powered-up the flywheel and was preparing to test yet another combination of bearings, magnets, and high tensile frame structure. It was giving off a most pleasant thrum and there was hardly any deviation in the floating axis. Suddenly there was a weird sounding pop, and the warning systems came on-line. This shut down the power to the flywheel and engaged the slow-brake to power down the spin. Unfortunately this was too little and too late. The floating axis shifted and sent harmonic vibrations throughout the support structure. With an ear-piercing squeal the highly spinning metal gave off its death cry. The device literally came apart sending shrapnel in a vector perpendicular to the common axis of the flywheel. The safety shield that incased the device did not live up to its design as the debris tore through it like so much tissue paper. Unfortunately there was a fellow standing in front of it when this happened. Like a scene out of some sick horror flick, he was instantly split from crotch to forehead. Considering the amount of damage, it was amazing that we suffered only the one death. The project was canceled shortly after that. …as interesting as this article is, I wish that I had not read the damn thing. It brought back bad memories. Memories that are just as vivid as if it just happened. I was standing next to him, and as he fell I tried to catch him…