May I ask - is the flywheel generating AC directly, or DC going through an inverter? I'm curious because of the way some equipment can't tolerate variations in AC frequency. It wouldn't be a serious problem for the Wii's DC supply (I think), going from 60Hz down to under 40Hz as you did, but e.g. a switching PSU on a PC might not like that ..?
the carrot is the wii. every kid should have this system. eventually, some smart kid will figure out how to get 100% efficiency so he can play his wii longer ;-)
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melvinp808 2 days ago
May I ask - is the flywheel generating AC directly, or DC going through an inverter? I'm curious because of the way some equipment can't tolerate variations in AC frequency. It wouldn't be a serious problem for the Wii's DC supply (I think), going from 60Hz down to under 40Hz as you did, but e.g. a switching PSU on a PC might not like that ..?
stereoroid 2 months ago
the carrot is the wii. every kid should have this system. eventually, some smart kid will figure out how to get 100% efficiency so he can play his wii longer ;-)
Zaphod23 2 months ago
@Zaphod23 LOL!
reginr 3 weeks ago
Can you mass produce this?
GliTCH11 5 months ago
wow the gyro forces must be huge, if moved lol, imagine if it could come up to 40.000 rpm in a vacuum, the storage capacity would be gigantic.
TheAluminiumklorid 5 months ago
Now short circuit it ;-)
mimdotcc 6 months ago
Fucking awesome.
GliTCH11 11 months ago
Great!
ccguastalla 1 year ago
this project is great :)
t0p0l1eve4 1 year ago
Wii was the part of a laboratory equipment? :) What university is that?
oguretsagressive 1 year ago
This could be used in a car or truck to stored burst of electricty that the battery
could not absorb. A type of tribrid system, it would improve take off power.
johnroach1 1 year ago
@johnroach1 thats what they are doing in the formula cars these days
t0p0l1eve4 1 year ago