Lugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agoChina's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel.robbreport.comexternal-linkmessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChina's hyperloop maglev train has achieved the fastest speed ever for a train at 623 km/h, as it prepares to test at up to 1,000 km/h in a 60km long hyperloop test tunnel.robbreport.comLugh@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square40fedilink
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoPneumatic tubes use a constantly generated vacuum and air pressure to move objects. It would take forever to pump out a tunnel for a single train.
minus-squareWanderer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoNo you have two loops of constantly moving air. The train then goes in and out of that tube at stations. It’s a fucking shit idea and trains are great. But I remember that and seem to be the only one. No one ever mentions that idea
minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoHonestly not sure how that would work, but I guess it doesn’t exactly matter. Never heard of it though, maybe you could dig up some article from back then.
Pneumatic tubes use a constantly generated vacuum and air pressure to move objects. It would take forever to pump out a tunnel for a single train.
No you have two loops of constantly moving air. The train then goes in and out of that tube at stations.
It’s a fucking shit idea and trains are great. But I remember that and seem to be the only one. No one ever mentions that idea
Honestly not sure how that would work, but I guess it doesn’t exactly matter. Never heard of it though, maybe you could dig up some article from back then.