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They do claim specific numbers in their handbook (http://transitx.com/transitxhandbook.pdf http://transitx.com/transitxhandbook.pdf): 20 lbs battery, 2 electric

They do claim specific numbers in their handbook (http://transitx.com/transitxhandbook.pdf http://transitx.com/transitxhandbook.pdf): 20 lbs battery, 2 electric motors driving 4 15cm wheels, with a max load of 800 lbs. (4 adults or 8 children). Whether that's reasonable or not is up for debate... My guess is that these pods need an extremely level track.

apendleton 8y ago
As to reasonableness: I spent a couple summers in college working for helicopter sightseeing companies in Alaska. Part of my job was doing flight manifests, assigning passengers to aircraft with an eye towards weight maximums, and we had passengers from all over the world. Not to reinforce stereotypes, but from that experience, these numbers are probably reasonable for their target launch market (Manila), and would probably also be fine for other Asian markets. For US markets, this would be tight, but not that tight if they didn't have much stuff. Your average group of four Americans probably has somebody in it that weighs more than 200lbs, but others who weigh less; still, groups of four Americans traveling together that all weigh more than that were not uncommon, so at these limits passengers would need to be cognizant of their weight and the overall weight max before boarding. If it were me I'd probably market them as 3 passengers max in the US just to be on the safe side.
djrogers 8y ago
20lbs of batteries leaves 80lbs for the rest of the structure and the motors - a structure that is supposed to enclose and support 800 lbs? That seems very, very optimistic. As does the 150MPH speed! 20lbs of current-tech batteries would only provide enough power to run for a few minutes at those speeds..
- jessaustin 8y ago
  Nobody wants to navigate 90° intersections at 40mph, let alone 150mph...
  - mozumder 8y ago
    Automan does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1NT4I0s34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1NT4I0s34

apendleton 8y ago

As to reasonableness: I spent a couple summers in college working for helicopter sightseeing companies in Alaska. Part of my job was doing flight manifests, assigning passengers to aircraft with an eye towards weight maximums, and we had passengers from all over the world. Not to reinforce stereotypes, but from that experience, these numbers are probably reasonable for their target launch market (Manila), and would probably also be fine for other Asian markets. For US markets, this would be tight, but not that tight if they didn't have much stuff. Your average group of four Americans probably has somebody in it that weighs more than 200lbs, but others who weigh less; still, groups of four Americans traveling together that all weigh more than that were not uncommon, so at these limits passengers would need to be cognizant of their weight and the overall weight max before boarding. If it were me I'd probably market them as 3 passengers max in the US just to be on the safe side.

djrogers 8y ago

20lbs of batteries leaves 80lbs for the rest of the structure and the motors - a structure that is supposed to enclose and support 800 lbs? That seems very, very optimistic. As does the 150MPH speed! 20lbs of current-tech batteries would only provide enough power to run for a few minutes at those speeds..

jessaustin 8y ago
Nobody wants to navigate 90° intersections at 40mph, let alone 150mph...
- mozumder 8y ago
  Automan does: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1NT4I0s34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA1NT4I0s34