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You could have three sets of contra-rotating flywheels, which would give you much finer grain control of the motion.
by olefoo 13y ago
You could have three sets of contra-rotating flywheels, which would give you much finer grain control of the motion.
- thedufer 13y agoI thought about this possibility, but having 3 flywheels increases the weight, which decreases the maximum angular momentum / weight that could be applied around a given axis. This is, I believe, the relevant quantity if you want to know how far a cube could jump in a different direction. If the flywheel could rotate on two axes (and spin on the third, presumably), you would still have full control on which direction you apply forces.