fly wheels

Message Seems like this would be fairly simple to implement, using the same motors used to make up frictional losses as generators. I have the heroes in one of my stories do something very similar: http://members.aol.com/howiecombs/havnrock.htm

Regards,
Mike Combs

For emergency energy for an orbital space colony, could one use the
energy stored in the rotation of the colony itself? It could be used
for eclipses (usually only a few minutes) and for major failures of the
solar array.

There's a lot of energy available, particularly if the shielding
rotates. Anyone have an idea how to implement this?