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Old 11-09-2016, 07:50 PM   #56
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Originally Posted by nikitopo View Post
This is the calculator @DSLeach mentioned before. Even the OEM crank pulley stores enough energy:




I guess the actual energy is somewhere between the Disk and Ring outputs, because a lot of the mass of the pulley is on the external side.


Have fun with the rest of the discussion. I am logging off.
That is wonderful but as much as a pulley LOOKS like a flywheel its is most certainly NOT one. The calculation there is meaningless.

fly·wheel
ˈflīˌ(h)wēl/
noun
noun: flywheel; plural noun: flywheels; noun: fly-wheel; plural noun: fly-wheels
a heavy revolving wheel in a machine that is used to increase the machine's momentum and thereby provide greater stability or a reserve of available power during interruptions in the delivery of power to the machine.
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