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We were looking into flywheel UPSes for my company and I read up on this a bit. Of note in recent developments:
Instead of traditional bearings, they're using magnetic bearings to mostly eliminate friction.
To be able to suspend the flywheel on magnets, that requires a lower weight/mass.
To counter the lower weight/mass, you have to replace that with ...
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