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Honestly, the safety argument looks pretty moot to me - monorails don't derail either. For the noise, that's cool, but I'm under the impression that a high spee
by danmaz74 12y ago
Honestly, the safety argument looks pretty moot to me - monorails don't derail either. For the noise, that's cool, but I'm under the impression that a high speed maglev will be quite noisy too.
- Anechoic 12y agohigh speed maglev will be quite noisy too. At <100mph, the TR08 is fairly quiet [0]. When I was en Elmsland for the noise testing, it was common for the vehicle to sneak up on us when it was running at lower speeds. At higher speeds, especially over 150 mph when aerodynamic noise kicks in, it is very loud. [0] http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22500/22570/fra0213.pdf http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/22000/22500/22570/fra0213.pdf
- melling 12y agoMonorails seem to run pretty slow. A little more than half the speed? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Monorail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Monorail As for the "high speed maglevs" making noise, you should read my comment again. I was clearly talking about low-speed maglevs. Yes, at 300 mph you are going to make some noise.