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Where they building the first Razorback?
Colby
Feb 29, 2012 03:34PM
The excerpt "Graphite-epoxy flywheel spinning at seventy thousand rpm in a vacuum" makes me wonder what they were making.
It makes to most sense that it was a razorback, but I wanted to see what others thought.
It makes to most sense that it was a razorback, but I wanted to see what others thought.
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a vacuum suggests a "clean" environment, which allows little or no friction from dust or even molecular debris. This results in a near frictionless environment, thus needing no bearings which are an expensive piece of work; re: needle bearings, as an example.
The entire concept relies on manufactured good to a specification which is nearly (?) Impossible in a garage setting. But to answer your question; said flywheel would be necessary for gyroscopic balance AND energy creating electron flow. The question now is how to tap into said flywheel and achieve both elements, neh?
The entire concept relies on manufactured good to a specification which is nearly (?) Impossible in a garage setting. But to answer your question; said flywheel would be necessary for gyroscopic balance AND energy creating electron flow. The question now is how to tap into said flywheel and achieve both elements, neh?
Said flywheel was referenced later as being a component of the razorbacks (if I had known of this question at that time, I would have noted the passage). I'll leave it to future readers to find this literary truffle ;)
Chapter 45: Respawning
The machine stood with the aid of hydraulic kickstands it had extended. After spinning its blades clean, it folded the blades back behind its bullet-pocked cowling.
The machine stood with the aid of hydraulic kickstands it had extended. After spinning its blades clean, it folded the blades back behind its bullet-pocked cowling.
