middle east

[Bob Bruhns]

Maybe a vertical axis with two wheels spinning in opposite
directions, so braking and acceleration would not impart a steering
twist force.  But there is the extra weight/mass of the wheel(s).
I guess it's not much compared to thirty people, but 1/4 ton is
still a lot.

   Bob


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nan and Sandy Sanders" <esanders at erols.com>
To: <andre.kesteloot at ieee.org>; "Iain McFadyen"
<mcfadyenusa at yahoo.com>
Cc: <tacos at amrad.org>; "Alex Fraser" <beatnic at comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: middle east


> Nothing a vertical shaft and gimbals cant handle.
>         Sandy
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andre Kesteloot" <andre.kesteloot at verizon.net>
> To: "Iain McFadyen" <mcfadyenusa at yahoo.com>
> Cc: <tacos at amrad.org>; "Alex Fraser" <beatnic at comcast.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 6:28 PM
> Subject: Re: middle east
>
>
> > Iain McFadyen wrote:
> >
> > >Many buses in Europe use regenerative braking, but mindful of
the battery
> > >losses, they later started switching to regerative braking
combined with
> > >kinetic storage systems, where the energy was stored in a
quarter ton
> > >flywheel.
> > >
> > >Iain
> > >
> > Indeed then flywheel itself introduced problems when the
trolleybuses
> > wanted to make a turn....
> > André
> >
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