destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 天前TIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down16
arrow-up1158arrow-down1external-linkTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 天前message-square25fedilink
minus-squarekaki@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-223 天前They allowed for >250km/h speeds. They were basically competing technology and were developed at the same time as modern high speed rail (and lost).
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·22 天前I imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
minus-squareLazhward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·22 天前Trains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 天前The magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves
They allowed for >250km/h speeds. They were basically competing technology and were developed at the same time as modern high speed rail (and lost).
I imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
Trains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
The magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves