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Isn't it more likely that idea got abandoned because a failure of the balancing system would be catastrophic?
by ravenstine 3y ago
Isn't it more likely that idea got abandoned because a failure of the balancing system would be catastrophic?
- rvnx 3y ago+ intensive in terms of energy usage + needed a second gyro to feel like you are standing in a flat environment.
- IggleSniggle 3y agoIirc the second gyro is necessary to ensure the train doesn't course correct itself right off the rail in the case of a curve? Coupled together to make the "correct" side more responsive for any given direction? Dunno.
- FinnKuhn 3y agoyou would also need a gyro in each train car, so that doesn't help
- navane 3y agoAs a sibling of yours pointed out above, the train worked with CMGs, their energy usage seems not too much: "CMGs are also far more power efficient. For a few hundred watts and about 100 kg of mass, large CMGs have produced thousands of newton meters of torque. A reaction wheel of similar capability would require megawatts of power."