lgsp@feddit.it to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoRails and bike in vehicle. Can't get better than this!feddit.itimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1107file-text
arrow-up1107imageRails and bike in vehicle. Can't get better than this!feddit.itlgsp@feddit.it to Fuck Cars@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrownlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·edit-28 months agoI have seen at least one person mod an ebike with an outrigger for exploring dead rail lines in the USA. the weirdos they are long-lived in this species.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 months agoSeveral years ago on YouTube I was watching people rig up their own disused rail carts using battery drills, lawnmower engines and all sorts lol
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrownlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoi need to invent hover-rail it would cause hardly any wear on the rails at all !
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoThat is one alternative… …or, you could try the French design: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérotrain
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrownlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agoWhy would you want to attach magnets to a billowy cushion of air much less how ? And there are subtle differences between hovering and leving. I’m going with hover technology for now.
minus-squareAatube@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months agowell, ackshtually you just said “hover-rail” not hovertrain 😏 Could you explain why you’re going with hovertrains instead of maglevs? Last I heard the former had difficulties with corners and were costlier than maglev.
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoFrance beat you to it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérotrain
I have seen at least one person mod an ebike with an outrigger for exploring dead rail lines in the USA.
the weirdos they are long-lived in this species.
Several years ago on YouTube I was watching people rig up their own disused rail carts using battery drills, lawnmower engines and all sorts lol
i need to invent hover-rail
it would cause hardly any wear on the rails at all !
maglev?
That is one alternative…
…or, you could try the French design:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérotrain
Why would you want to attach magnets to a billowy cushion of air much less how ?
And there are subtle differences between hovering and leving. I’m going with hover technology for now.
well, ackshtually you just said “hover-rail” not hovertrain 😏
Could you explain why you’re going with hovertrains instead of maglevs? Last I heard the former had difficulties with corners and were costlier than maglev.
France beat you to it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aérotrain