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Engineering the Ultimate Kinetic Helicopter: Flywheels, Physics, and the Friction of Ambition
What happens when you apply Formula 1 engineering to a $2 children's helicopter toy? You get a 2.7-pound metal beast with flywheels spinning at 24,000 RPM and enough torque to tear itself apart. This project explores the high-stakes world of kinetic energy storage and the brutal physics of gyroscopic precession that turned a dream of high altitude into a chaotic ground-loop.
Mar 4, 2025