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Old 02-14-2010, 09:47 PM
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Default Gyroscopic inertia of inrunners vs. outrunners.

So just got back from some intense discussions of motor technology and one of the guys asked an interesting question:

Does the increased mass of an outrunner provide increased inertia that helps stabilize the nose of the plane? If inertia is the product of mass and velocity then it makes sense that an outrunner would have significantly greater inertial stability than an inrunner. Heck . . . for that matter the rules prohibit gyroscopic stabilizers right? And here we have a 1 lb+ gyroscopic stabilizer built in?

So what say all you geeky engineering types?


Joe P.