This is commercially available technology. Flywheel UPS systems with magnetic bearings (for zero wear) have been available for years. Here is just one supplier:
http://www.power-thru.com/flywheel_ups_technology.html
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- Mon Aug 08, 2016 4:01 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Flywheel energy storage
- Replies: 22
- Views: 19825
- Wed Mar 04, 2015 5:26 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: A particle so evil it's very existence threatens mankind!
- Replies: 31
- Views: 38122
Re: A particle so evil it's very existence threatens mankind
I thought that was Di-Hydrogen Monoxide:"A particle so evil it's very existence threatens mankind!"
http://dhmo.org/
(hey, if HHGG isn't off topic then I feel secure)
- Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:40 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
- Replies: 186
- Views: 193738
- Thu Oct 23, 2014 6:25 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
- Replies: 186
- Views: 193738
Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
Well there ya' go. Someone call the Skunk Works and tell them to kill the project.So I give this about 0% chance of going anywhere.
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:41 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
- Replies: 186
- Views: 193738
Re: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
A video here: http://aviationweek.com/blog/high-hopes-can-compact-fusion-unlock-new-power-space-and-air-transport Let me know if any of these links require registration (since I am registered I can't see what does/doesn't require registration), I can probably cut-and-paste the text from the two arti...
- Wed Oct 15, 2014 12:31 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
- Replies: 186
- Views: 193738
Aviation Week on the Lockheed Skunkworks CFR
AWST has some significant coverage of the Skunk Works Compact Fusion Reactor (CFR) Intro article here: http://aviationweek.com/technology/meet-leader-skunk-works-compact-fusion-reactor-team Additional details in an article here: http://aviationweek.com/technology/skunk-works-reveals-compact-fusion-r...
- Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:47 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks - Compact Fusion
- Replies: 85
- Views: 60115
Re: Lockheed Martin Skunkworks - Compact Fusion
In the galley, under the sink...Now, where does one store the borax aboard ship?

- Thu Sep 20, 2012 8:36 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: China Unveils Yet Another Stealth Jet: Shenyang J-31
- Replies: 65
- Views: 24941
There's no reason to ever put a pilot in a fighter plane again. There is, for the next few decades , which is the period when the China issue will be determined, one way or the other. The core of the China issue is whether or not 1.3+ billion people will continue to tolerate being undemocratically ...
- Wed Feb 09, 2011 9:59 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Primary Source of Polywell Information
- Replies: 23
- Views: 15160
- Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:50 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Flywheels For The Navy
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11988
EMALS has been successfully shore tested, video of the first F/A-18 launch at the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... uLsg_viWW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... uLsg_viWW0
- Mon Jun 28, 2010 4:04 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: North Korean Fusion
- Replies: 106
- Views: 65405
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:03 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Polywell: We'll know in 7 months time?!
- Replies: 203
- Views: 96727
- Mon Nov 09, 2009 2:56 am
- Forum: News
- Topic: Rick Has A Word or two for sceptics.
- Replies: 128
- Views: 70344
"You have absolutely no other reason to believe Polywell will ever achieve anything significant." So Shub, since you seem to be "absolutely" sure of yourself. How about showing us your creds? Do you have a background in (say) nuclear engineering or plasma physics like some of the other commentators ...
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 5:44 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Which fusion has the most chancess for success?
- Replies: 49
- Views: 23753
- Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:12 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Major Electronics Magazine Picks Up On Polywell
- Replies: 162
- Views: 103046