Re: Transrapid abandons Sydney-Canberra

[w_keller@gmx.de (Wolfgang Keller)]

Maarten Deen <mdeen@xs4.xs4all.nl> wrote:

> I am not disputing this, I merely quote TR's numbers and you attack me
> on it that they are false. 

I didn't attack anyone, I just pointed out that the whole 'comparison'
you made is complete nonsense because you compare apples and lightbulbs
and then say that lighbulbs don't taste as good as apples.

So what. They were never meant to be eaten.

> May be. I have already cast my doubts on the TR
> project, but wouldn't it be the biggest cockup if they built a multi-bilion
> DM line and then proved to be wrong in their statements of speed?

The assumption that maglev toys have some kind of 'speed advantage' over
'conventional' rail vehicles has already been proved to be wrong at
about 25 years ago.

> >Get some basic information (not from glossy promotion brochures) about
> >the _facts_, then you'll know it.
> 
> Can you point me to these sources? 

Any credible rail vehicle engineering magazine.

-- 
Wolfgang Keller               

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