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Porsche Unveils 911 Hybrid With Flywheel Booster
MikeChino writes "Porsche has just unveiled its 911 GT3 R Hybrid, a 480 horsepower track vehicle ready to rock the 24-hour Nurburgring race this May. Porsche's latest supercar will use the same 911 production platform available to consumers today, with a few race-ready features including front-wheel hybrid drive and an innovative flywheel system that stores kinetic energy from braking and then uses it to provide a 160 horsepower burst of speed. The setup is sure to offer an advantage when powering out of turns and passing by other racers."
Richard Hammond is gonna have a field day with this. I can't wait to see it on TG next season.
I seem to recall having heard that Formula 1 cars have been doing this for a while. Obviously it's just a short power burst. You can't store much energy in it without severe weight penalties.
The advantage of this over an ultracapacitor is that you keep it all mechanical. If the car were already a gas-electric hybrid, you'd probably rather use an ultracap.
For all intensive purposes, "whom" is no longer a word. That begs the question, "who cares"?
Yup, he attached a wheel to the front that counter-rotates with the main front wheel. The bike was still perfectly ridable.
A peddle bike rolled along by itself might have enough angular momentum from the wheels to keep it steady as long as it's moving, but with a rider, the amount of weight far exceeds gyroscopic effects.
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