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>rather than the original Musk "flies at a 0.5 to 1.3 mm height on aerodynamic lift" plan.... So what was that exactly? And where does that 0.5 to 1.3 mm heigh
by babyrainbow 10y ago
>rather than the original Musk "flies at a 0.5 to 1.3 mm height on aerodynamic lift" plan....
So what was that exactly? And where does that 0.5 to 1.3 mm height come from?
- Animats 10y agoIt's from section 4.1.4 of Musk's original paper. Air bearings are usually that thin, but at the proposed speeds, the inside tube surface can't have any irregularities. [1] http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-201...