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Originally Posted by mjkh
Would two wheels spinning opposite ways cancel each other out?
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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.