Recent content by Nicodemus Rex

I agree completely. I also don't know how much of the difference when these ratios are engaged that will turn into pure acceleration either, as opposed to slip. I don't think I can know before I test it, unless you do. I'm with you on the idea that I should overcompensate for slippage with extra...

I'm thinking that in the transmission of power I will slip until the rpm are equal - either in the belt or between the tire and the road, then begin to slow at the rate of combined frictions once the rpm match up. I imagine first it will slip on the belt, then on the tire, then mad acceleration...

Things get clearer and better every time I read a response, thanks again for your help. In humility I admit my "gription" on vocabulations is weak, and I may be hard of understanding on the things I have little experience with. As a relatively smart guy, I know that even retarded chinese...

The great news is that the 150 kw motor is 200hp. Problem is that they weigh more than my aunt Liz. I don't need to add fat girls to the system to pass around the power from the flywheels to drive tires. I appreciate your gas tank vs motor analogy. The flywheels in this vehicle are only a gas...

By the way @Nicodemus Rex , you don't need to contact HPWizard for this thread, I'm the guy behind the website. Awesome! Your site is in my fav's and I've used it a number of times. Don't fault my lack of connections, I will ask anyone I can for the answers I don't have. I'm more confident than...

So then I can have confirmation from your side, if I can store 2million joules I can get a trap speed of 125mph from a 3000 lb car. My vehicle will weigh about 1200lb. At 7000 rpm, I'll be storing 2 765 631.5 joules in the flywheels [using the calculator referenced above]. At less than 1/2 the...

You can release the stored energy over 1000 miles if you wish; You just won't create a lot of power if you do so. No, not 1k miles. 1320ft, 1/4 mile, roughly 402m. After looking at the links on your post, and thank you for more calculators - they postulate that what I want to do is possible...

You do realize that your installation is a very, very small energy reserve? The quantity of energy stored in your 800 lb flywheels @ 3500 rpm is 1.4 MJ. If you go on the highway and use only 14 hp (that is optimistic) to just cruise at legal speed, you have about enough energy to ride for 2...

Yeah, I had thought on that some. Know anyone that makes a 400lb tire? Seriously though, you can't spin up a tire to the same speeds you can an iron flywheel. The rubber will spin off, and Brembo doesn't make calipers to handle slowing down the intentions of a wheel that heavy spun up. Just over...

Yes of course I want the same problems, I'm doing the same thing. If you can point me to a good mechanical idea to manage it, that would be great. The kevlar belts will slip until they grip, so at about $20 a belt I can afford destroying one after another. Any other ideas? If this eats tires and...

Thank you for the formulas and your estimations, I very much appreciate it. You speak fluent math, I wish I could see as easily as you do. Just so I'm clear with you of all readers of this post - I am a player, not a musician. I mean that unlike the great postulators, I am willing to break...

1200lb total vehicle weight 800lb total flywheel mass [4x200ea] Diameter 18.75" Flywheel RPM 3500 [120v electric motor plugged into wall] Pulley to drive wheel at 1:1 [6"pulley] or to 12' pulley Please help write the end of this story before I start. This is a "rev up" car built for...