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Great Article on KERS

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  1. GrndLkNatv

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  2. opus10583

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    How is that paltry and superficial blurb in any way great, by any of the several meanings of the word?
     
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    Kinda hard for us non-members to follow the link...
     
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    I tried to open the link, but the computer shocked me!
     
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  5. mousecatcher

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    i have to agree, article was pretty useless.

    OTOH, what WAS interesting was the brief mention in racecar engineering that KERS spins at up to 100,000 RPM.
     
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    Link please?

    Please note that I'm not questioning your comment, but would really like to read the article - Anything rotating @ ~100K has a siht load of energy, even if the "turbine" (?) weighs "the square root of **** all". (and that's not a lot :D)

    Cheers,
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    PS - I pretty much agree with the majority here - The original link didn't really add anything new IMO. I'm still pretty confident we're going to see "Push-to-pass" buttons nest year.....

    But I was wrong once - Many years ago ;)
     
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    Yet another reason to join.......
     
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    *Awesome* - Thanks!

    EDIT: I wish there was a page 2 however :(
     
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    IIRC, The teams are meeting today to discuss the letter Mad perv Max sent out to reduce cost's it takes a 1000 people to run 2 cars I think was quoted, and MM wants that cut by half, and less time and money spent on wind tunnel testing.

    On top of that Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has expressed concerns that the introduction of Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) will disadvantage Formula 1's independent teams and favour the larger manufacturer-backed outfits.

    I'am assuming this is because of the high cost of developing it, and according to DC its there is to little time to get it safe.

    So I see Max wants it both ways in his usual manner, and I suppose he will be glad to deflect the gossip in another direction.
     
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    Please note that the 100kRPM thing is the mechanical KERS solution (iirc only) Williams chose. The energy is stored as kinetic energy in the rotating flywheel. The electrical solutions (like BMWs obviously faulty one) do work entirely different.
     
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    ah ... makes sense. thank you.
     
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