We make a full size inertia car toy - how far will it roll?

[@robertgary3561]

In the 1950’s a British company manufactured small buses powered by an inertia wheel. Biggest issue was turning due to the precession. They tilted it to help. One country ran them for decades. They could transport people for a good distance. The bus route had two charging stations.

[@robertgary3561]

@biohazard8295 check out the GyroBus. It had a small electric motor and would pass by charging points that would use the motor to spin up the flywheel.

[@wig6534]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe it was called the "Gyro-bus," though it'd be interesting to see if there was another manufacturer that utilized this technology.

[@jasonharrison25]

If I remember correctly. They recharged the flywheel at each station. But it was eventful cancelled because the power needed to spin up the flywheel was more then cost of conventional engines. Also the distance was that impressive so it was mandatory to spin them back up at each station or risk running out before the next stop. Interesting idea and can probably be improved upon with today's technology

[@cwt5654]

The Parry People Mover (class 139) which operates on the Stourbridge Town shuttle service it powered by a flywheel system. A small LPG fuelled engine spins up the flywheel which is supplemented by regenerative braking.

[@martinpenwald9475]

​@biohazard8295Look for ”gyrobus” on Wikipedia. They weren’t manufactured by an English company, but by a Swiss one, though.

[@giggiddy]

Im guessing that for every 15 minute video. There has to be at least 40 hours of preparation/fabrication associated with the build. These guys invest an incredible amout of time in these projects. And i like the detail- rebar welded onto the bearing plate to hopefully prevent the enertia wheel from flying off in the event of a failure. 😮😮

[@jacobkudrowich]

And KZbin and google are not paying Adsense money due to him being Russian ...

[@Universal.G]

If Vlad says something is imbalanced, take his word for it. The guy welded a rail to a flywheel LOLOL

[@TlD-dg6ug]

It's not super impressive when you realize they had the center hole burned at the same time as the O.D so it's concentric as long as you use the right size shaft.

[@TheSilverShadow17]

Then again Vlad is the madman behind all these various different experiments he and the crew tried throughout the years, so he's definitely the wild wacky DIY type person who comes up with batshit crazy ideas whether they make sense or not lol

[@joshuagibson2520]

Vlad is the Hackdaddy Deluxe.

[@enyaisrave2831]

@@joshuagibson2520 😆👌

[@gabrielv.4358]

LOLOL

[@TheSeanUhTron]

Well, that's one way to keep people from tailgating you! The threat of a giant flywheel sawing their car in half should keep them off your ass! 😆

[@MrLarsgren]

weld a big wrench onto your bumper so it looks like it can slide off at any monent. works well too XD

[@MadScientist267]

Having been involved in a "flywheel separation event" and caught the result first hand, this one is a bit unnerving to see. *Always* make sure you are out of the plane of rotation (with some extra margin just in case). I'm all about the typical mayhem these guys like to have fun with... I'd like to keep enjoying it.

[@Colorado_Native]

You've never driven in Los Angeles or Boston, have you?

[@robmanueb.]

@@MadScientist267 I was glad to see it was running in reverse, worse comes to worse it should go away from the driver.. but tailgaters would get what they deserve :) . What's the next step? Balancing and vacuum chamber/protection cage I reckon.

[@MadScientist267]

@@robmanueb. My main concern was that it might fly into pieces which would have gone in all directions along that plane, convincing anything in its way to go along with it... and the angles of *that* material wouldn't be so "pure". That said for this specific video, and I think Vlad may have caught on to this as well... he was just off center enough and it didn't quite reach hair raising speeds... but I don't think anyone should ever push that any further. I was relieved to see that they resisted the urge to really spool it up.

[@JeffAllison]

It's this kind of fooling around that leads to true innovation. Never stop!

[@Derederi]

Their flywheel design is inefficient. It should more resemble a concrete mixing truck. Length vise there is more space and less danger to driver. The flywheel should be applied as brakes to conserve energy downhill. This is an experiment they can already do by putting the car on a hill to begin with. This would allow for mathematics of kinetic/potential energy conversion of elementary mathematics. Differential needed between engine and flywheel so that human error cannot blow up engine by ruining harmony. Flywheel applied before gearbox (+differential) to be able to utilize flywheel at a higher speed. Flywheel could be charged by air resistance (watermill) to further improve efficiency. Add huuuuuge ballbearings like the ones on top of a BMP or T72; combined with concrete mixer design.

[@TheFatherAbraham]

Please balance the flywheel and test at highway speeds! This is so amazing.

[@gabrielv.4358]

YES

[@mikldude9376]

That would be fun , but I suspect that might be highly dangerous. Especially given the car is cut up to accommodate the giant flywheel.

[@dennis-nz5im]

The speed of the wheel would be scary at 6000 rpm, and it may be faster than that. Belt slippage would kill it . They do chains……..

[@puckcat22679]

Doesn't matter how well they balance it, there's just too much centrifugal force here for this to even think of getting to highway speeds. Those bearings would never be able to handle it. And even if they could, they'd never be able to turn with that thing at speed, either.

[@nathansmith3608]

Oh man I want to see that too, but realistically I think they'd need to use a smaller flywheel. That massive one they have would probably hit mach 1 by 60 mph / 100 kph, & could release more energy than an anti-tank mine if it broke apart somehow..

[@JuanGamer0202]

I would love to see a project similar to a toy car I had as a kid, it looked like a VW Beetle and the only thing it did was to open the hood when you pushed it forward, its a simple mechanism like the one from the engine valves, its a groove on the front wheel shaft that pushes the hood up after a full cycle, we called it the "chomp chomp car"

[@scoobysean555]

I had 1 that flapped all the doors boot and bonnet when pushed along 😂 now that would be cool to see

[@volvo09]

I had a VW beetle toy car as a kid, the body plastic detached at the front and the lower chassis part was only held on by the rear bumper clips... I'd run around the house flapping it around like a pac man when I wasn't using it as a car 😂 It was one of my favorite toy cars for years, even though it was so basic, just 2 plastic molds with 2 axles snapped in.

[@blackterminal]

​@@volvo09Sounds like a good memory. :)

[@anibalbabilonia1867]

I still have a couple of those!! From the 50s and 60s! They were made by Bandai. 👌🤣👍

[@Psilomuscimol]

I collect hot wheels. I have a Beatles submarine and the jurassic world dome car matchbox. And some of those micro sets from movies, the Harry Potter one, the fast 9 one, and the back to the future ones

[@dadsvespa]

You guys are amazing! This is an idea, I thought about since I was a kid!. Would a heavy flywheel that was perfectly balanced and, engaged through braking, then dis-engaged as I stopped. And when re-engaged, accelerate the car from a dead stop, saving fuel. And here it is right in front of me! You built it! Your mechanics are excellent inventors and craftsmen. Thanks for building a dream I had some 60 years ago!! I can be done!

[@Thefreakyfreek]

Same but for my bike

[@marcosrobertokowalski4310]

@@Thefreakyfreek esse volante pesado poderia ser movido por pedal...

[@volvo09]

Another crazy idea i never could have imagined! That's why i love these guys.

[@TheSeanUhTron]

Flywheel vehicles do/have existed. Look up the Gyrobus. But what Garage 54 did was directly drive the wheels from the inertial energy, which is less common from what I know. Most use the flywheel to turn a generator which then powers an electric motor.

[@volvo09]

@karlwithak. That would actually be pretty damn cool! On a long race you could also time coming in for a pit stop to spin up the flywheel as part of your strategy. But yeah, with random public smashing the cars around and the lack of maintenance that comes with things like that it wouldn't be a good idea safety and liability wise... But I'd still drive one.

[@ronfullerton3162]

These guys are crazy, and I mean that in a good way. I would of never thought about a project such as this. And I got the ibbie jibbies Everytime someone got behind that spinning disc. If that sucker came loose, holly cow, I don't even want to think about it! I wonder how many walls that rascal could go through.

[@ronfullerton3162]

@karlwithak. Just stand clear and we will all be okay.

[@стритсила-ъ2в]

It's Russia🇷🇺

[@finnenjr]

here in sweden volvo busses have this to save fule. on start and stop in the citys. if i remember right its used as a brake to stopp and when leaving the built up inertia is used to accelerate

[@swedishpsychopath8795]

FAKE: I've never seen a flywheel mounted on a bus like this. What? You think it would be safe to have a gigantic spinning wheel strapped to the back of the bus with people walking everywhere? Obviously what you are saying is fake!

[@PixlRainbow]

​@@swedishpsychopath8795"Volvo's flywheel bus could lead the way" ~ Commercial Motor, page 27, 14th June 1980

[@finnenjr]

@@swedishpsychopath8795 so have you ever seen a lada at the bus stop.. it´s not mounter external. 🤣🤣

[@trs4u]

I'm sure I watched that exact explanation on "Tomorrow's World" on British TV decades ago

[@trs4u]

Can't find it, bit did find a preview of "Popular Science May 1961" containing fine detail of a brake regen flywheel system for UK double deckers...

[@IvyMike.]

Thank you fellas for the upload, it was very entertaining, much love from the UK. And thank you BMI Russian for the voice over and translation, you are a legend!!

[@NDAndrey]

I believe they are also thankful for your ad views and support of Russia. Every view you contribute is essentially a bonus to the Russian state budget.

[@IvyMike.]

@@NDAndrey if that's the case then you have done the same by clicking on this video so thank you for your support buddy :)

[@NDAndrey]

@@IvyMike. Advertising from Ukraine is very cheap, unlike in Europe or the USA. Plus, ADBLOCK.

[@md_clokey]

@@NDAndrey Im not quite sure what you mean by that mate as we dont pay to watch the advert, the advertisers pay per monetary view! so doesn't matter where you watch it from the advertisers pay the same amount. Sensing a little bit of delusion if you think this makes a difference in a WAR. Before you try get smart again i also run ADBLOCK. Still helping the channel with your view and multiple comments, so once again mate thanks for your SUPPORT ;) im sure Garage 54 appreciates it !!

[@SwapBlogRU]

@@NDAndrey right, and every bottle of Coca Cola anyone buys anywhere in the world contributes to the bombing of Yemen if we're going to have a stretching contest🙄

[@randr10]

My father, brother and I all came up with a few alternative designs for automobile propulsion in the early '90s, and one of them involved a flywheel in place of a battery. All of our design ideas were small turbine engine over electric, with DC motors at each wheel for AWD. Battery tech wasn't there yet so we came up with compressed air or flywheels for storing the energy generated from the turbine generator and the regenerative braking. Pretty cool watching someone build and test a crude prototype of that idea. It works way better than I expected it to.

[@illdeletethismusic]

some LMP1 cars had flywheels for the hybrid system, but that stopped when a regulation change limited the strength of the secondary power source the flywheel was better for giving bursts of power for a short time, not the extended slow discharge

[@MrAdopado]

"We decided to play it safe" !! Hilarious! He was brave to sit in the car with that home-made flywheel spinning behind him.

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

need to try inertia braking, engage the belts when coming into a turn to slow down, then change the ratio between the flywheel and the tires and put that energy back into speeding up after the turn. There was a race car that played around with this a while back.

[@madmike9530]

Good idea. 👍

[@bigfuzzzybear]

The race car couldn’t overcome the wheel’s inertia in the corners. It wanted to go through the walls instead of turn

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

it was funny how it would slingshot forward after slowing down though. Yeah I wonder if they thought of that beforehand @@bigfuzzzybear

[@Spadookie]

It was the Audi R18 that had this tech. And it DOMINATED.

[@RickBaconsAdventures]

I was thinking of one of the Dyson Lolas in like 2010@@Spadookie

[@Micahberger1]

Pure science! What a fun project.

[@kellywilson8440]

Your content is what youtube is for imo , Great stuff fella"s !

[@beamboy07]

No clue how you don't run out of Ideas

[@Gkuljian]

It's the Siberian A-Team, they can't run out of ideas.

[@mediocreman2]

They often get ideas from KZbin commenters like yourself.

[@iknowyourebrokeauto468]

Our comments help for sure!!

[@beamboy07]

@@iknowyourebrokeauto468 i think they only read thr comments on the russian channel, i have suggested some brilliant ideas before

[@AlienLivesMatter]

A community of commentators spanning across many continents and languages

[@justajo2]

So much fun watching you guys. It's amazing the inventions you come up with and how you make them work... usually. What's even more amazing is how you do this in what seems to be permanent winter!

[@ozzuneoj]

Make a quick release shaft for the flywheel to launch it like you did for the spinning tire launcher a while back.

[@iainball2023]

🤣🤣 I like that. 👍

[@beeallen2743]

As a former child, I can confirm inertia cars were wayyy better than pullback varieties.

[@Kingsoupturbo]

Pretty dangerous! but you know, a bit of rebar welded over the axle incase it lets loose, good to go! 2 minute montage = 2 weeks of careful welding and balancing and figuring out the ratios, always impressive how much effort they put into each video.

[@johnh1001]

You men are really smart ! I've heard of this idea before ! I've been told by some Europeans that they have seen this concept before in their countries . There are still countries / cities etc in Europe that happily use this concept in their transit system . It's a really simple idea , but it certainly works !

[@Megavoltamper]

Steering, slalom test with the fly wheel!

[@nathansmith3608]

I love these projects that combine a really goofy idea with the skill to actually make it work - classic 107% success from Garage 54!

[@UberLummox]

Killer! Maybe try a full-scale pull-back toy next?

[@phillipkrieger3975]

You guys are awesome!! Been watching y’all for YEARS now. I’m glad y’all are keepin’ on despite it all 👍

[@haydengalloway5177]

With that thing spinning at high speed it will become very difficult to turn the car due to the gyroscopic effect.

[@74mihain]

This problem was present in the Gyrobus produced in some countries since 1950.

[@DROGOC0P]

it will understeer like crazy

[@Kanaval89]

They could rotate it to spin on the z axis and it would double as stability control lol.

[@woofkaf7724]

Поверни колесо в противоположную сторону

[@ThriftStoreHacker]

Love this channel. Answering automotive questions nobody sober would ask but everyone wants to see.

[@dongordon4464]

Could you somehow connect the flywheel to a 4 speed transmission? Maybe the gear reduction could be used to spin up the flywheel as well as power the car. Balance it better.

[@edgeofentropy3492]

Now, what would make this complete would be a set of carbide cutting tips from a stump grinder. Perfect for anyone who can't keep a safe distance from the rear of your car!😂

[@justin2221]

it's like a mechanical capacitor

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

It's a battery not a capacitor.

[@justin2221]

@@XtreeM_FaiLIt's actually just a large piece of steel

[@XtreeM_FaiL]

@@justin2221 Which store energy and release it slowly when needed.

[@buddyrojek9417]

Solves our problems of storing sunlight during the day to release at night

[@jesseespolt1273]

My suggestion as requested at the end of video would be to add a solar panel with a small electric motor attached so that it helps to slowly spin up the flywheel. It also seems possible that a hand crank gearing system could be added. It would be interesting to see how far one could go with a second person hand cranking the flywheel :)

[@oubliette862]

there used to be city buses here in the US that used flywheels for a power source. this should be a cool experiment.

[@billhacks]

I wonder how diameter and weight comes into play. Also, with that much extra weight on the drive wheels, I doubt lack of traction will ever be an issue. This channel is awesome! The amount of efforts put into these ideas are greatly appreciated. bearings and parts aren't cheap, and the time spent fabricating adds up quickly.

[@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20]

If you look at the equation for kinetic energy, you notice that increasing the speed increases the energy to power of two. So from that point of view, it is better to make the flywheel turn really fast. But of course it needs enough mass too.

[@Juos10kustu]

7:43 shaking like he drunk too much vodka yesterday :D

[@whiteknightsoloflights4458]

His hand was on the shifter while it was vibrating from the strain on the clutch/ transmission

[@Juos10kustu]

@@whiteknightsoloflights4458 i know. i was just joking ;D

[@fuhkoffandie]

Okay....you want me to share some comments and suggestions. Let's start with your design of flywheel. Flywheels do not have to be a giant diameter, to get the job done. You can make a small diameter, wider, extremely heavy flywheel. It would be much easier to balance it, as well. That way, your gear ratio that you're using currently would work much better because you're spinning your flywheel at 10 times the RPM, safely. Another suggestion. You could spin it up with a small engine, like a 420cc, and connect the flywheel to the manual transmission, just like the motor would... and that way you could shift through the gears while your gyro is spinning..... just some food for thought, I'd like to see you guys try some of these ideas.😏👍

[@MetroidMan90]

This is seriously dangerous, the amount of energy stored in that wheel is insane.

[@iainball2023]

And that's exactly why I'm watching 😊

[@MrAdopado]

You are correct but we do actually manage the risk of huge amounts of stored energy ... a tank full of fuel has many many times more energy ... it's rare that there's a problem but when it is released all at once you certainly notice!

[@dangeary2134]

The simplest way to balance the flywheel is to make a jig that will support it from the center while it is horizontal, first. Suspend that jug from one of the shop lifts by a cable or chain. Make sure the jig is perfectly centered. The heavy side will obviously be lower. Place counterweights at the opposite end. They do not have to be perfect, just use them in pairs and move them apart until the balance is perfect. Weld them into place, and that should take care of the balance problem. To be really close to perfect, pair the weights, and weld half size weights in one side, flip the shell, and do the balance again. Weld the weights on the opposite side, and it should be near perfect acidly as well, which will take out a lot of precession from the spinning wheel.

[@-Gunnarsson-]

Take the smallest moped engine you can find and put it in the car

[@niratsirackod1]

A 56cc engine making 18 horsepower will not move a lada.

[@dragangurdulic8793]

idej je dobra,čak veoma zanimljiva za budući sport!!!npr...Da se vrti najmanje 10x brže,da se skine odbijač i napravi mogućnost nadgradnje tega koji ste napravi,mada varenje je početničko,ostalo nije loše.U glavnom,zavrtio bi se točak na odredjenu brzinu sigurne rotacije,ubacio bi u treću,i cepno po kvačilu i gas do patosa,,podigne se na zadnje točkove i točak teg odvali po asfaltu i napravi brdo varnica i automobil šibne 500m ko raketa,e to napravite kad ste već majstori,može i takav da se po blčatu il vašem snegu,ukoma do asfalta.lakše vam je i jeftinije samo dobro napravite i izbalansirajte na 100%

[@theredstormer8078]

11:20 I didn't know he was half asian.

[@mircomuntener4643]

Spinning the wheel would be a lot easier on the clutch if you started driving with the belts loose, and put tension on the belts once underway. Also, balance that wheel and really get it going. Look at buying a used industrial wood chipper; they are a large thick steel disc and bearings meant to cope with significant rotation speed and dynamic loads.

[@gregedwards1087]

Usually when I see a Lada in a video bad things happen but this video was a pleasant surprise, nice work gentlemen. :)

[@scott8919]

Volvo did something like this a decade or so ago with prototypes. The engine spun a disk to thousands of RPM and then from a stop the car used the inertia to get it moving, all in an effort to save gas without a hybrid system. Of course it never made it to market.

[@wildancrazy159]

I've always wondered about this when they first came out, I'm so glad we got to see this, thank you

[@AT_Videography]

I would live to see yall try to make a car that does something similar to this. But instead of inertia drive, you use a capacitor bank and an electric motor on the prop shaft or drive shaft. As you speed up, the motor charges the caps, as you let off, and flip a switch, the caps drive the motor.

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

There were also buses. However, they had a high-speed gyro in a vacuum. I think the problem was the wight and that these gyroscope could explode spectacularly if they were ever slightly unbalanced. Some were electric trolleybuses that were able to bridge sections of the route without overhead lines, others used the gyroscope as a recuperation option for diesel engines, since a bus uses most of its energy when starting off. Therefore, the braking energy was transferred to the gyroscope so that it could be used for starting off.

[@pauldwalker]

i love your sense of fun. these people are the kids that have never grown up.

[@Resomius]

I shoult also point out the Gyrobus made by a swiss company. It was used in Swiss, Belgium and the now republic of Kongo in 3 citys. It had a flywheel build in and that was spun up at the bus stops. Fully spun up they could go up to 6km at around 55km/h (3.7miles by 35mph) and were ment as an alternetive to overhead wire busses in areas where it was not viable to build said overhead wires.

[@leroyolson4349]

You have great program, you, and your crew, are very talented, in in solving all problems,

[@nickaxe771]

Very interesting Sir.....I take my hat off to you. Nick from the UK.

[@MLBBYoutubeShorts]

this channel is awesome. I've been watching this since before. more amazing ideas please.

[@baltazard133T]

Yep this was definitely done in russia. Didn't even attach an emergency braking system to the inertia wheel in case problems arise.... Could you imagine that thing spinning at $3,000 RPMs or faster and they have a mechanical malfunction with the engine or the belt system? That wheel would literally continue to spin the rest of the day and probably vibrate itself loose tearing everything to pieces...

[@Alobster1]

This is something you would see done only in Russia or rural America.

[@AlbertDongler]

You're brave! At least you had it spinning "away from you" so if it did let go it'd tear through everything in the opposite direction!

[@AlbertDongler]

@karlwithak. 😄

[@josealecapo]

You could try to spin the wheel by braking (applying the inercia wheel "clutch" while running, starting with the wheel stopped). This would be like "regenerating braking".

[@raymondledoux520]

This channel is amazing I love the work you guys do so creative and cool

[@eduardogonzalezavila857]

Awesome, could you implement a wind-up clock system? To assist the initial movement of the car, I think that it could save some fuel with that, in addition to being able to wind or store the energy itself at some point when the vehicle is moving normally or is going down a slope, something like this would be great, greetings!

[@garethhopkins5301]

I love looking at the bad welds on the frame and then noticed more on the transmission stand supporting it all. I absolutely love East European engineering, forever getting the job done!!❤❤❤

[@hnutu]

It`s not Eastern Europe, it`s Asia, the guy is Russian.

[@arcadeuk]

That thing looks like a Darwin Award in progress, you couldn't pay me to get in that car

[@Jermeister]

And today on "I Have Too Much Free Time"! I *love* these wacky concoctions! 🤣

[@jarethhogan3274]

Have it "spool up" while driving and use it with a pto or transmission that you can use on the fly like mechanical nitrous oxide for extra power on the fly

[@alexsystems2001]

It would be interesting to incorporate something like this as a hybrid setup. Going downhill, engine shuts off and flywheel kicks in and starts to spin up to gather energy. Coming to a stop at a stop light, flywheel kicks in to absorb your stopping power and runs your accessories when stopped and helps get you started see if that saves on gas.

[@TheDodsons]

Everything about this video takes me back to my junior high school shop days.. the shit we would attempt was incredible! It was rue imagination to reality, regardless if it was practical or insane! Thanks for this video!!

[@theobster]

Another great video boys, keep it up from here in the UK👍🏼👍🏼 I love old eastern bloc vehicles, I have a CZ and a Voskhod motorcycle, I’d love a Lada but they are very rare now in the UK!

[@Alex_Gryzunov]

Привет друг из города где делали эти мотоциклы) У нас тут ещё много целых "Восходов"😊. На моей аватарке последняя из выпущенных моделей до прекращения производства.

[@theobster]

That’s a interesting bike Alex, I’ve never seen that model? mine is a Voskhod 2 but fitted with the early round barrel. My dream is to find an IZH planeta and Jupiter but again they are very rare in the UK.

[@edgardominguez8678]

A flywheel can serve as a small battery to help a car have better mpg, a system that can use the power from the engine when you are not stepping on the gas pedal to recharge a flywheel, then use the power in the flywheel to begin moving the car when moving from a stop.

[@jeff7798]

I love this video,the car would probably go further if the flywheel spun in the same direction as it travels,the whole conservation of momentum, right now it's fighting itself I think.either way I love this video and will be subscribing

[@MrSaemichlaus]

In Winterthur Switzerland, there were once a few prototype buses with big flywheels mounted flat in the chassis. They were spun up at each stop with very high voltage from an overhead conductor and the buses would make it to the next stop only with the help of the flywheel. The system proved to work, but it was ultimately not reliable and also the flywheel introduced weird gyroscopic effects during turns or any other change of direction. Needless to say, there was a lot of flywheel rebalancing and bearing maintenance involved.

[@beingabdaal950]

Heres a idea What if you redo the test but make the flywheel smaller and make speed holes so it's lighter and off course balance it

[@yourgtadaily]

Hey Vlad, some time ago I suggested to you that you make an automatic transmission for Lada, but not just put one from another car. What I mean is totally convert Lada's original gearbox from manual to automatic. I hope you like my suggestion, and make it happen some day 😊 I'm sure you got the skills and creativity to do it. Cheers

[@I.Live4oldcars.prospecting]

That was very interesting. I would never have imagined it would actually work. Nice job guys.

[@mikldude9376]

You blokes are legends, great experiment , great effort , obviously the little car has limitations, but it makes me wonder if maybe a small commercial vehicle like a utility with a chassis could support maybe two flywheels or even 3 and how far it could go. Thanks CB for posting.

[@rachelbrinkley3240]

If you removed the engine for fuel system on the car you could then use the weight savings to triple the mass of that flywheel. Then add winch spool to hook up to another car to get the fly wheel spinning. With the Car going in the opposite direction. Also I would move the flywheel into the cab for better weight distribution

[@muddywaters-c6l]

i was a welders helper so long that i still turn my head when welding.

[@bossjosh423]

You should force possitive pressure in the lower crank case of the engine, see how kuch pressure it can take before the motor stalls out or we get un expected result. Maybe the air introduced in the lower crankcase will make the oil burn inside the engine. I suggest drilling a hole in the lower part engine block or oil pan. Thread it and hool up an aircompressor with a ball valve and with the engine on, force air in the lower crankcase

[@jacgre86]

I would like to see how much energy can be stored when coming to a stop. This works like a hybrid/ electric vehicle with brake regeneration. Much of fuel loss is in initial take off. Storing and releasing the energy during stop starts would be awesome for fuel economy in non electric vehicles. Brakes are optional!

[@Proteus6684]

This is wild, Id never have dreamed up such madness. Very interesting and terrifying

[@ontoya1]

Flywheels always so deeply fascinating and equally terrifying, the DNA knows how powerful heavy mass rotating rapidly is

[@baxiry.]

What you lose in starting or in keeping the wheel turning is more than what you gain. But it's an interesting experiment, it's important to see theoretical things implemented in reality. good job

[@leoa4c]

Welding weights (50-10kg of steel bars or blocks) to the outer edge of the flywheel would've significantly increased its potential energy, as well as properly balancing it if done correctly.

[@cyberfloater9293]

Could a variomatic be suitable in this setup? Also, I'd like to see the performance on asphalt instead of snow..

[@theinspiringengineer-scien6393]

Yes :)

[@PropperNaughtyGeezer]

We once had a cable excavator at the gravel pond. It only had a 100 hp engine that drove a flywheel. I don't even know if it's hydraulic or electric. It was an old device whose winches had to be controlled via clutches. There was only one person who could operate this machine. It was still interesting because the load peaks were absorbed by the flywheel and the engine was driven with little load. This then brought the flywheel back up to speed in the phases with little or even negative load (e.g. when lowering).

[@mackenleymontfleury3559]

Thank you my bestfriends, I’m still working over here, you guys are great, the world owes you everything

[@jamiewykes8585]

inertia hybrid. regen braking then launch with flywheel power

[@chehystpewpur4754]

there were quite a few designs like this in practice around the world. one of the most successful was ran off electric. they basically had power lines they would run off overhead. in certain areas to spin the discs back up. then it would continue to run for a while finish its circuit and its the power station again.

[@DulcetNuance]

It's interesting how you can basically store energy like a battery using this method. Just like a battery if you keep it charged it will be able to use that charge for a time before it needs to be re-spun.

[@leoa4c]

This is very useful for when you're sure that your engine will break down. The flywheel will get you closer to home, so you won't have to walk as much.

[@andygoldensixties4201]

brilliant test: no surprise, there are buses that are powered by flywheels (they make them spin at the parking site)

[@michaelbujaki2462]

If you do it again, place the majority of the mass of the flywheel on the outside, a wheel with spokes has a higher moment of inertia than a solid wheel of the same mass.

[@ryanjohnson3615]

I wonder if there could be any advantage to having a wheel that expands and contracts with rpm (centrifugal governor) like on old steam engines...

[@buildingandfixing4397]

if you do it again, the police will come.

[@martyburgess341]

Is there a way to spin up the flywheel to pre-tension it? So when it releases it sligshots the car at a higher speed?

[@jamesMwebber]

Very cool idea and very good implementation of it! Maybe with a few tweaks it could be a viable method of secondary propulsion

[@gdelfs6942]

Always awesome videos!!!!! Idea for you: make a gas engine run on Diesal fuel. Lol I’ve done it while in High School, dad gave 300 gallons and that was my drive around fuel. Started on gas -Ran engine temp up Adjustable timing from inside of car Vacuum advance should be signaled to water injection It works, but is fussy way to operate. Shut engine down on gas to restart later ,,,,,

[@dragdrag1507]

These guys are living the life we would like when we were kids❤

[@Elbert844]

That is terrifying. Good job guys!

[@Unorthodox_kidd]

It’s good to know the “YOOOOOOOOOOO!!” of excitement is known universally

[@jawarmaniak4976]

Guys try to use it like a recuperation brake, you wanna Slow Down , engage it, let it spin up while slowing down , and use it for a better launch with the engine (like a big capacitor with hybrid vehichles)

[@dusanmileusnic3034]

Ово је генијално 😂😂😂, заиста имате таквих идеја које слабо коме може да падне на памет. Мене лично интересује како би се понашао аутомобил или још боље комби возило које погоне искључиво соларни панели!

[@carlreed3571]

NOW!!!!!THAT'S COOL STUFF 😮

[@BurnedUP78]

Finally someone made the project, that me as a kid wanted to do!

[@Mastermindyoung14]

anyone wanna do the math on the force of that thing at full song? 200kg spinning that fast is scary

[@Mastermindyoung14]

@karlwithak. Sounds more like a capacitor than a battery! Cool idea. I actually had a similar idea that also used it as a gyroscope for a motorcycle. Braking would be like KERS, and provide stability while stopped

[@Mastermindyoung14]

@karlwithak. The gyroscopic effect would only be in effect while stationary. Used to stop and stabilize, and expended when re-accelerating

[@MrJordansbeal]

This is a childhood dream great job to everyone involved