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I suspect that making railways perfectly flat for high speed use is hard enough. making them banked at 20+ degrees for several kilometres sounds like a serious
by lifeisstillgood 7y ago
I suspect that making railways perfectly flat for high speed use is hard enough. making them banked at 20+ degrees for several kilometres sounds like a serious engineering challenge
- vvillena 7y agoBanked turns spanning several kilometers are not unusual, even in standard rail systems.
- jandrese 7y agoThe other caveat is that banking only works if you're traveling at the correct speed. Too fast and you still feel the turn. Too slow and you feel the bank. For airplanes this isn't a problem because there's never a speed restriction on air. For things that travel along the ground there is no end of reasons why they might have to travel slower than normal.