20-40 Gs for horizontal force.
Comment on Chinese Maglev test vehicle sets world record, accelerating from 0 to 318 MPH in 2 seconds
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
Your move hyperloop.
So what’s the limit of the human body? That’s more than a couple g.
krashmo@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I don’t know but it seems like the simple answer is to just not accelerate that fast. I doubt this was an attempt to imply that we should do this regularly. It’s just a test to show what the technology is capable of. There’s no real benefit to accelerating to that speed that quickly vs doing it over 30 seconds or longer.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
You can absolutely accelerate this fast if there are no people on board. China probably wants safe autonomous cargo trains at some point.
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
What about eggs lol
Autonomous 500kph cargo trains would be fantastic.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Why would they transport eggs this way…? Fast (expensive) cargo trains would be used for valuable products. For example minerals, metals, computer chips.
Beacon@fedia.io 4 days ago
There are non-transportation uses for it. Namely for weapons.
mycodesucks@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Call me a victim blamer, but if you let your enemy build a superconducting maglev rail from their territory to yours, I feel like that’s on you.
gsdsam@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Mr President, a second train has hit the Twin Towers.
optissima@lemmy.world 4 days ago
You can’t think any non-living thing someone would want to tramsfer beyond weapons? 😂
CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 days ago
Definitely a “look what I can do” test and not a practical example of how the trams in Beijing will travel between stops. Though it would reduce trip time!