Re: More on the maglev

[billbolton.REMOVE-To-EMAIL@computer.org (Bill Bolton)]

On Sun, 26 Jul 1998 16:31:28 +1100, revdoc@uow.edu.au (Phil Herring)
wrote:

>Yes, *but*, all that you're saying here is that the MagLev _can_
>accelerate at 0.1g; not that it *always will* accelerate at 0.1g.
>Presumably, they can accelerate at whatever rate they want below that.
>
>Any further argument based on this 0.1g figure is, IMO, pointless.

My understanding is that a number of the arguments in favour of TR
technology are quite dependent on achieving a 0.1g accel;eration rate,
so its hardly "pointless".

Cheers,

Bill

Bill Bolton
Sydney, Australia