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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU They could do it with stationary electromagnets. :)
by Gravityloss 10y ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU
They could do it with stationary electromagnets. :)
- Meegul 10y agoWhat an excellent presentation. I don't have much of a physics background, but this was immediately understandable.
- andysinclair 10y agoThanks for posting that, I found it intriguing and ended up watching the entire video. Amazing to think this was back in 1975!
- ricardobeat 10y agoI think that's the idea for the boosters that would appear at even intervals in the Hyperloop track. It would be infeasible to build the whole track as one huge linear motor, which is why Musk's paper suggests an air cushion instead.
- Gravityloss 10y agoIn the video I linked the other part of the system is just a flat disk of aluminum.