OT Futuristic train video

[harry]

I think tuis thing would come unstuck in strong winds.

[tabbypurr]

Lots of pretty graphics, very little basic engineering sense.

Trains & aeroplanes werec rossed in the 1930s. The results were rather predictable, a stupid waste of energy.

NT

[alan_m]

Wouldn't the taxi leaving the car park have been blown away by the downdraught from the giant helicopter?

[Chris J Dixon]

Wonder what they plan to do if lift fails?

Chris

[Huge]

Nice piece of animation, especially the totty getting off the escalator at 0:50.

But very, very, silly.

[Huge]

BTW, saw a Boeing Tiltrotor for the first time a couple of weeks ago. Didn't know there were any in the UK.

[simon mitchelmore]

I would definitely travel on that if the wimin were as good as shown on the simulation.

[The Natural Philosopher]

yup. Mind you they look a bit plastic.

So, the 'hovertrolley' or, how to waste energy keeping a train off the rails when on the rails is simply better

[Jonno]

Huge scribbled

I'd not get too close to one, they have a habit of falling out of the sky.

[tabbypurr]

yes, silly idea. And the shape is an aerodynamic fail.

NT

[damduck-egg]

Half empty car parks ,two lane Motorway that isn't really busy and lots of spare seats on the vehicle. Wouldn't make financial sense either.

G.Harman

[The Natural Philosopher]

Designed by a green lefty artist, not an engineer.

[Syd Rumpo]

I was struck by the superfluous detail given to the power take-off dolly when everything else is hand-wavy nebulous.

Now this is a railway...

Cheers

[Huge]

Exactly my thinking. It was going away from us, I wasn't that bothered.

OTOH, we get a lot of Chinooks round here; they're no better.

[Jonno]

[e-mail] scribbled

How old would that taxi be ?

[dennis]

Its an aeroplane (trolley plane after trolley bus?) really, it just needs wires to get the nuke electricity to it.

You couldn't put one on rails, just look at how wide they would need to be.

Points and passing trains would be a problem as would alternate airports.

[Syd Rumpo]

Nah, no need for wires, use ultraviolet lasers to ionise the air. What could possibly go wrong?

Not to mention bridges.

Cheers

[harry]

Wat happens if there's a power failure? Oh, it just falls over!

[Bob Martin]

And tunnels.

[Syd Rumpo]

No, the gyros will keep spinning for many tens of minutes, allowing props to be lowered if necessary. Even if one gyro should fail, the other will provide stability for plenty long enough.

Cheers