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No Parking Zone! => Off Topic, Off Colour, and non-motorcycle related => Topic started by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 09:32:22 AM

Title: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 09:32:22 AM: https://www.youtube.com/embed/ON1j2TJCoQU (https://www.youtube.com/embed/ON1j2TJCoQU)
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Tipsy on December 16, 2015, 09:39:34 AM: :hatwave very nice concept , with all that wind the pollies should love it

Tipsy
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 10:03:08 AM: they would argue about the fuel resources used to produce that wind :grin
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Tipsy on December 16, 2015, 10:06:38 AM: :hatwave the train, hovercrafts and the pollies have a lot in common...... :think1 :think1 :think1.....wind

Tipsy.
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 10:38:33 AM: ... usually with some thermal properties...
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Biggles on December 16, 2015, 04:50:48 PM: Quote from: Tipsy on December 16, 2015, 10:06:38 AM
:hatwave the train, hovercrafts and the pollies have a lot in common...... :think1 :think1 :think1.....wind

Tipsy.

That's 2 posts in one day!
Who let you out of your box??
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: alans1100 on December 16, 2015, 04:56:19 PM: Quote from: Biggles on December 16, 2015, 04:50:48 PM
Quote from: Tipsy on December 16, 2015, 10:06:38 AM
:hatwave the train, hovercrafts and the pollies have a lot in common...... :think1 :think1 :think1.....wind

Tipsy.

That's 2 posts in one day!
Who let you out of your box??
Three if you count this one .....http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=10337.msg1190267#msg1190267 (http://ozstoc.com/index.php?topic=10337.msg1190267#msg1190267)
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 06:20:46 PM: If pollies are so full of hot air, should't they resemble balloons?

Oh!.. Sorry!... I forgot about Clive Palmer and Joe Hockey and ....

..we can leave Tony out if this argument... his gas emissions are probably onion induced...
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Wild Rose on December 16, 2015, 07:22:03 PM: They would get a bit grubby when loaded with coal :grin
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 07:34:49 PM: Those propulsion fans would certainly spread coal dust pollution far and wide?

Be a bugger to shunt as well!
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Wild Rose on December 16, 2015, 07:46:05 PM: Quote from: Kev Murphy on December 16, 2015, 07:34:49 PM
Those propulsion fans would certainly spread coal dust pollution far and wide?

Be a bugger to shunt as well!

:grin :crackup :crackup :rofl :rofl :rofl :like
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Totgas on December 19, 2015, 04:05:58 PM: Looks like more like an aircraft than a train.
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Biggles on December 20, 2015, 12:35:48 PM: Quote from: Totgas on December 19, 2015, 04:05:58 PM
Looks like more like an aircraft than a train.

It's a hybrid! The minimalist track means a smaller footprint and lower maintenance (since it's not load-bearing) and the hovercraft function puts it into a "cousin-of-the-aeroplane" category. That also means its levitation isn't aerofoil dependent, so it can operate among the birds and flying foxes without serious damage.
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: West Aussie Glen on December 20, 2015, 08:55:11 PM: It would be creating one hell of a down draft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: The Train of the Future
Post by: Kev Murphy on December 21, 2015, 02:14:31 AM: Super dooper turbo lift and thrust fans don't exactly run silently, either