Re: Lightened flywheel

[snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>]

Marc Sayer wrote

>(e=MC2) is added to the torque
>produced by the engine to help overcome the inertia of the vehicle and get it
>moving. You can compensate for a reduction in that rotational inertia 
>caused by
>a reduction in mass, by simply raising the engine speed (a reduction in M 
>can be
>offset by a corresponding increase in C).
     An increase in C!?  Even with my new air horns I don't think I'm 
going to be able to break the light barrier in my Roadster.  

-Marc T.

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