Calculate the speed of the flywheel for my drone motor

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The discussion focuses on calculating the rotational speed of a flywheel attached to a drone motor with propellers. The flywheel has an 18-inch diameter and weighs 2 kg, while the motor operates at 5200 RPM and generates 900 grams of thrust. Participants emphasize the need for basic gearing calculations to determine the flywheel's RPM based on the diameter ratio between the flywheel and the propeller drum. The formula provided suggests that the flywheel's RPM can be derived by dividing the propeller's RPM by the ratio of the flywheel diameter to the propeller drum diameter. Overall, the conversation highlights the importance of understanding the mechanics behind the setup for accurate calculations.
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I have drone motor with propellers attached to the top of ring flywheels rim at the edge and the flywheel is 18 inches in diameter and weigh's 2kg.
The drone motor with propellers rpm 5200 and thrust 900 grams.
What rpm will the flywheel be rotating at.
 
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I have drone motor with propellers attached to the top of ring flywheels rim at the edge and the flywheel is 18 inches in diameter and weigh's 2kg.
The drone motor with propellers rpm 5200 and thrust 900 grams.
What rpm will the flywheel be rotating at.
What work have you done so far? What have you found out?
 
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phinds said:
What work have you done so far? What have you found out?
I have patented, building prototype.
 
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Tony Singh said:
I have patented, building prototype.
Which tells us exactly nothing in terms of answering your question, so I ask again: what work have you done on answering your question?
 
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If you've built it, why not simply measure the speed?
 
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Can you provide the patent number/country? I have a hard time believing you can patent an invention you don't understand and can't explain. But at least the application should give us more information about what you are trying to do.
 
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If you're powering it with a 5200RPM motor, it should eventually hit 5200RPM, given enough time. I will admit that I'm having a rather hard time envisioning exactly what you're trying to do here though.
 
This looks like basic gearing calculations. Motor is attached to flywheel, which spins propellers.

Let's say propellers are spun from flywheel's edge with belts or gears and they need to spin at 5200rpms in order to generate 900g lift. Simple enough to calculate ratios of 18" flywheel diameter to propeller's gear/drum diameter. Divide propeller's 5200rpms by ratio and that's what you need to spin flywheel to.

FlywheelRPM = 5200rpms / (FlywheelDiameter/PropDrumDiameter)
 
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