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Old 25 Dec 2013, 10:44 (Ref:3347753)   #3250
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Originally Posted by mjkh View Post
Would two wheels spinning opposite ways cancel each other out?
In 2008 Bosch Motorsport presented a solution with four flywheels:

source: http://www.greencarcongress.com/2008...developin.html

More info about the Bosch solution on http://www.racecar-engineering.com/a...ormula-1-kers/

The fact that the Williams Hybrid Power solution uses a single flywheel suggests that the gyroscopic effect is not noticeable. The weight of the flywheel is pretty low, but it spins very fast.
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