[ale] OT: Maglev funding?

[Geoffrey]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Geoffrey <lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
> 
>> I was specifically referring to when a loaded car takes a curve.
>> Certainly a load of 80 tons is going to 'push' the car to the outside of
>> the curve?
>>
> 
> It's not the weight of the car that will cause it to "push" to the
> outside of the track on a curve. It's inertia. The car will keep
> trying to go in a straight line. But tracks try to curve out from
> under the wheels and are stopped by the flange on the wheels.

I understand the physics.  Greater inertia with a loaded car?


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Until later, Geoffrey

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