destructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down16
arrow-up1162arrow-down1external-linkTIL the UK built a working hovertrain prototype in the 1970s and then abandoned ityoutu.bedestructdisc@lemmy.world to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squarekaki@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·edit-22 months agoThey allowed for >250km/h speeds. They were basically competing technology and were developed at the same time as modern high speed rail (and lost).
minus-squareMustakrakish@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
minus-squareLazhward@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoTrains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
minus-squareGoldholz @lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves
They allowed for >250km/h speeds. They were basically competing technology and were developed at the same time as modern high speed rail (and lost).
I imagine they’d have less wear and tear and would require less maitenence would they not? Potentially at least depending on how they hover.
Trains already don’t require much maintenance, they’re quite simple machines, which is one of their main benefits.
The magnet for them is easily damaged by weather and the bending in curves