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Unread 30-12-2005, 14:38
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Re: Flywheels achieving linear motion

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Originally Posted by mechanicalbrain
What I want to do is take a 2' bar and move it 1' forward with a ton of force. Yeah I'm looking at using a motor with roughly 100 rpm. My goal it to be able to puncture 1/10" to 1/8" steel. Right now its part of science fair project for centripetal motion but I also am doing this to really learn about flywheels... oh and eventually im going to apply it to a Battlebot
Maybie you could have the flywheel coupled to a rack and pinion via a clutch of some sort. It seems to me that somewhere i have seen some electric clutches.
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