A CVT-controlled flywheel is particularly suited to stop-start driving situations when real-world fuel economy is often at its worst. From Wordnik.com. [Formula 1 is not going hybrid « Isegoria] Reference
The flywheel is the energy storage system rather than electro-chemical battery. From Wordnik.com. [Autoblog Green] Reference
Attached to the flywheel is a pitman rod which raises and lowers a churn dasher. From Wordnik.com. [Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology, No. 17] Reference
The flywheel, which is 4 m. in diameter, serves at the same time as a driving pulley. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884] Reference
Torotrak is a UK-based company that's developing a technology called a flywheel hybrid. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Test your fuel-economy know-how] Reference
Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. is a provider of so-called flywheel power for rail systems. From Wordnik.com. [Clean-Tech Ventures See Plunge in Funding] Reference
A flywheel is a mechanical device with a significant moment of inertia used as a storage device for rotational energy. From Wordnik.com. [eWeek - RSS Feeds] Reference
A flywheel is a spinning cylinder which generates power from kinetic energy, and continues to spin when grid power is interrupted. From Wordnik.com. [Data Center Knowledge] Reference
They bet the farm and neglect the core "flywheel" as he calls it. From Wordnik.com. [Going for Great (vs. Big)] Reference
He throws around company growth terms like "flywheel" that he has picked up. From Wordnik.com. [The man behind MOM's Organic Market] Reference
Like the "flywheel" analogy from the bestseller Good to Great, you keep pushing away, and you start to get some real momentum. From Wordnik.com. [Andrew Winston: Do You Need to "Believe" in Climate Change?] Reference
Tyngsboro, Mass.-based Beacon Power, a maker of "flywheel" power storage technology, closed at 22 cents on Friday. From Wordnik.com. [Beacon Power ends stock deal with investor | Boston Business Journal] Reference
"Aye, aye!" responded Ruth, spinning the flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
Note the fly-weights, predecessors of the flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
Jade Wilcoxson, Vuelta/flywheel, at at 0: 12: 44 19. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Cascade Cycling Classic stage 5 and final overall results] Reference
Jade Wilcoxson, Vuelta/flywheel, at at 0: 01: 30 13. From Wordnik.com. [2010 Cascade Cycling Classic stage 5 and final overall results] Reference
Cora spun the flywheel, and the boat took its place. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Dave touched a little device attached to the flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Now imagine the flywheel rotating at a constant speed. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
In a real flywheel the process is slightly more complex. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 4] Reference
"Something's caught in the flywheel," declared Bunker Blue. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove] Reference
Jesse was working outside, filing the worn edge of a metal flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [The Lightkeeper]
In technical terms, the pull cord was failing to engage the flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
The fly-weights (at the ends of the diagonal arm) functioned as a flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt] Reference
The RX-7 has a great, heavy flywheel effect and about 3 inches of engagement. From Wordnik.com. [kevynwight Diary Entry] Reference
Escaped was the description; the word moved inside him like a flywheel out of control. From Wordnik.com. [Gorky Park]
"It's a beauty," agreed Ben, as the "chugchug" answered the first turn of the flywheel. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
In the Crewe engine the flywheel, it will be noticed, is provided with a balanceweight. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885] Reference
Mr. Hastings helped him, but after a few turns of the flywheel there were no explosions. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, or, the Rivals of Lake Carlopa] Reference
This was a new design, and used a flywheel on a spring in place of the usual pendulum. From Wordnik.com. [Lord Conrads Crusade]
The machine should also be equipped with an inertial system (eg pendulum, flywheel, etc). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
He gave the flashlight a few more pumps to get its flywheel spinning, then passed it to her. From Wordnik.com. [Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town] Reference
"There's something jammed down under the flywheel, between it and the keel of the boat," he said. From Wordnik.com. [Bunny Brown and His Sister Sue at Christmas Tree Cove] Reference
The eccentric-strap and flywheel are cast iron, and the other portions of the engine are of brass. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American, Volume XLIII., No. 25, December 18, 1880 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.] Reference
I now have a Patriot Blue PT Cruiser with a supercharger, racing flywheel, and a lightweight frame. From Wordnik.com. [phluid61 Diary Entry] Reference
Walter gave the flywheel a few vigorous turns, but there was only a sort of apologetic sigh from the motor. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Girls on Cedar Lake Or the Hermit of Fern Island] Reference
Resistance comes from a large fan, which combined with the heavy flywheel makes for a smooth resistance curve. From Wordnik.com. [Interbike Tech: LeMond Revolution Trainer] Reference
"It gets the flywheel going in the ecosystem," said Tom Fountain, Juniper vice president of corporate strategy. From Wordnik.com. [The Microsofting of Juniper Networks] Reference
Say! ever been in one of those big machine shops and seen a giant flywheel swizzling round at three hundred revs. a minute?. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
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