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  1. 74spider

    Electrical motor selection

    Thanks again for your comments guys. Hi Mike, yes the motor can be geared to the flywheel to give us a higher revving motor but I think this would still put the same power draw on the motor(?). Not sure what you mean about not having to use batteries though (neither of the other guys mentioned...
  2. 74spider

    Electrical motor selection

    Hi Mike and Gepman, Firstly, thanks for your posts - it's much appreciated. I'll run through your points in order, Mike's first: Regarding balancing the whole system, all the rotating elements share a common axis and other elements such as the batteries will be positioned equally around the...
  3. 74spider

    Electrical motor selection

    Hi All, This is my first post to this forum so Hi!, and I'd like to ask a question please. I need to select a DC electric motor to drive a flywheel. The connection between the motor and the flywheel can be direct or geared. The flywheel mass would ideally be in the order of 10KG and needs to...

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