Hiya Folks,
On my first engine (Elmers Wobbler #25) I pressed a piece of copper water pipe over my aliminum flywheel. I looks great. I eventually want to make more elaborate flywheels like I see some of the craftsmen make here when I found Troutsqueezer's post showing his flywheels using a heavy steel ring over an aluminum hub. Still simple, yet a step up from a solid disc.
Now this got me thinking. Is having the greater mass on the circumference more or less efficient than a solid unit?
Regards,
Alan
On my first engine (Elmers Wobbler #25) I pressed a piece of copper water pipe over my aliminum flywheel. I looks great. I eventually want to make more elaborate flywheels like I see some of the craftsmen make here when I found Troutsqueezer's post showing his flywheels using a heavy steel ring over an aluminum hub. Still simple, yet a step up from a solid disc.
Now this got me thinking. Is having the greater mass on the circumference more or less efficient than a solid unit?
Regards,
Alan