Flywheels
10. The magnitude of the engineering challenge should not be underestimated A 0.3m diameter flywheel, 0.3m in length, weighing 10 kg spinning at 100,000 rpm will store 3 kWh of energy. However at this rotational speed the surface speed at the rim of the flywheel will be about 6000 kmph (3500mph). or 4.8 times the speed of sound and the centrifugal force on …
