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minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days ago650 km/h in 7s, that’s 2340 m/s so assuming it’s from stationary then an acceleration of 334m/s² or 34g. Really hoping there wasn’t a person on that train, because there isn’t anymore!
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoYour maths is weird: 650 km/h is about 180 m/s. Linear acceleration from 0 to 180 m/s in 7 s means 25.8 m/s^2 or about 2.6 g.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.ukMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoHaha whoops, I did the conversion upside down, don’t get on any trains I’ve built!
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoDoesn’t matter, as long as you’re not a railway engineer :-p
650 km/h in 7s, that’s 2340 m/s so assuming it’s from stationary then an acceleration of 334m/s² or 34g. Really hoping there wasn’t a person on that train, because there isn’t anymore!
Your maths is weird:
650 km/h is about 180 m/s.
Linear acceleration from 0 to 180 m/s in 7 s means 25.8 m/s^2 or about 2.6 g.
Haha whoops, I did the conversion upside down, don’t get on any trains I’ve built!
Doesn’t matter, as long as you’re not a railway engineer :-p
Not anymore!