• Programmer Belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    19 days ago

    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