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Originally Posted by ApexTurtle
Well you already lose that anyway right? I'm saying convert from kinetic to mechanical and then back to kinetic again when accelerating.
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The flywheel has continual lose of kinetic energy as the flywheel continues to spin and spin and spin. Imagine spinning a bike wheel - it eventually slows down. The flywheel is obviously less resistance, but it will lose it. It may not be too bad because a car will be speeding up and slowing down a lot, but it's not as efficient as storing energy for long periods of time like a battery.
It still has the added drag from the turbine blades though. It won't overcome that. If it did it'd be a free energy machine, as you'd be generating more energy than you're losing from the drag. If that was the case then the best vehicle in the world would be a giant turbine, as it'd go forever
