• ByteJunk@lemmy.world
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      19 days ago

      Did you know the Shanghai maglev trains can travel at 460 km/h? They have gone even faster, but that was on special test tracks, and they’re the only trains in the world that use mag lev, and…

      What??

      • Programmer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        With those speeds it must be impossible to add curves to the track. With some back of the napkin calculations, a force of 1g can be felt with a turn radius of 1.7 km. And a track with multiple stops doesn’t let the train go as fast. It may be delegated to a straight shot from one side of the country to the other with a stop in the middle

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            19 days ago

            This is what I get when I talk to the Kyoto station attendant about my recent trip to Shanghai and how cool their trains were. Just fed lies 😔

            Thanks for the correction