please watch my Full Ride Video with speed
and distance right here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMyffFFedrM
the train that ate ICE and Eurostar (but not
TGV)....watch this complete video
presentation of Shanghai trasrapid super
speed magnetic levitation train as it defines
to you the meaning of haste....bringing the
passengers from long-yang road downtown to
pu-dong international in 7
minutes....swooooosh!
FYI... the last time i was there...one way
ticket costs 50 yuan or 80 yuan for executive
class (the yellow leather seat as seen on the
video) Tags :maglevtrainshanghaimagneticlevitationfastestsuperspeed
See http://amasci.com/maglev/magroll.html EM
repulsion lifts a neodymium magnet above two
spinning copper pipes. Also see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOaBnJpIRzM
I bought my supermagnets from Mr. George
"magnetman," also from wondermagnet.com. The
pipes are thick-wall schedule-80 copper pipes
from the scrap bin at Alaskan Copper and
Brass. The motor is a replacement sewing
machine motor from Grainger catalog. Speed
control is a 1000-watt triac lamp dimmer. Tags :scienceamasciphysicsmaglevmagneticlevitationneodymiumsupermagnets