fluid flywheel

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fluid flywheel - a kind of fluid coupling in which the flywheel is the driving rotor

flywheel - regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine

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Although technically speaking the DB18 uses manual transmission, the car actually has a fourspeed Wilson Pre-selector gearbox in tandem with the Daimler Fluid Flywheel, which allows the driver to select the next available gear by hand before using the 'change pedal' to enact the shift.

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Although technically speaking the DB18 uses manual transmission, the car actually has a four-speed Wilson Preselector gearbox in tandem with the Daimler Fluid Flywheel.

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Jaguar is also fitting a fluid flywheel system developed for Formula One to its XF which recovers energy wasted during braking.