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No, just trying to figure out how much force can be extracted from this kind of device to confine a potential area of application. So... is it that electrical braking can only convert energy stored in the flywheel into electrical energy inside the windings or is it actually possible to convert...

My original idea was to stop the motor by power reversal as I've heard it leads to best stopping times. But if I've understood you correctly, all electrical stopping methods result in energy being converted into electrical energy? That would explain why Cubli (link to paper in PDF), my original...

So what you're saying is that the force created during the stoppage is a function of moment and inertia and α (in this case α is angular de-acceleration from ω to 0)? This is confusing to me because in my mind, the higher the energy stored in a flywheel (W = I ω2 / 2), the higher the force...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't equations above valid only when the motor is continuously running? I'm interested in momentary forces occurring when the motor stops.

Can you tell me more about this? I made the FBD, but I'm not sure what information I could get out of it, since I need to find F_motor as a function of flywheel mass and speed.

When a motor with a flywheel spins up and then stops, what is the force translated on the surface onto which the motor is connected? I'm assuming the value of this force equals to the centripetal force in the flywheel, but I'm not sure. The setup: http://imgur.com/IiOrRoQ How does the force...