Posted by John Nichols on May 05, 2006 at 16:13:25 from 24.250.149.61 user Mcneacail.
In Reply to: Inertia (was Boxpoc wheels, Valve Gear, Thorpe Station, engine changing, East Anglia v Lake District, The Northen River Pirates) posted by Jock on May 05, 2006 at 10:41:28:
Jock:
I was talking about for a constant mass to maximize the I, one wants to put holes in the structure. Given a constant I reducing mass helps, but the average distance to the mass has to get farther out. A bicycle wheel is of course as close to optimal as one can get. It depends what you want to achieve.
JMN