destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1167arrow-down16
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squareHagdos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIt could take the same route, just flattening out the hills and valleys. If there are sharp corners that might not work, but even lower speed rail doesn’t really like sharp corners. They can be mitigated up to a certain point with banked curves.
It could take the same route, just flattening out the hills and valleys.
If there are sharp corners that might not work, but even lower speed rail doesn’t really like sharp corners. They can be mitigated up to a certain point with banked curves.