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Subject: SkyTran - Transit system of the future?
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kaiblade 23.08.14 - 04:01pm
SkyTran is a Personal Rapid Transit system first proposed by inventor Douglas Malewicki in 1990, and under development by Unimodal Inc. Lightweight two-passenger vehicles suspended from elevated passive magnetic levitation tracks are expected to achieve the equivalent of over 200 miles per US gallon (240 mpg-imp; 1.2 L/100 km) fuel economy at 100 miles per hour (160 km/h) or faster.[1] A prototype of the SkyTran vehicle and a section of track have been constructed. Inductrack, the proposed magnetic levitation system for SkyTran, has been tested by General Atomics with a full-scale model.[2] UniModal Inc. is now collaborating with NASA to test and develop SkyTran.[3] The first public experiment will be built in Tel Aviv, with planned completion in mid-2014,[4] however as of July 2014 - there are no signs of SkyTran in Tel Aviv. Systems have also been suggested for cities throughout Israel, as well as in France, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan, Slovenia and the United States.
Nice(chin), what do you think? * +
kaiblade 23.08.14 - 04:06pm
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3mel 23.08.14 - 04:08pm
there will still be sky jams.. * +
kaiblade 23.08.14 - 04:13pm
I doubt they will be as bad as road ones though. * +
obi_jon 23.08.14 - 04:14pm
[link]Monorail:http://is.gd/Bu20IK[/link](homer) * +
kaiblade 23.08.14 - 04:26pm
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birdy 23.08.14 - 05:22pm
Yes, bring it on. * +
3mel 23.08.14 - 05:25pm
don't see much potential for lane changing and overtaking... * +
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