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Kernix

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Kernix wrote:

How do you accerate? Partly gravity and partly wind hitting the sails?

And possibly a flywheel a huge spring motor and even a little bit of
electricity. I will use a horse if that's what it takes :-) I bet
hamsters would get the crowd moving.

What are you going to do if you are heading into the wind - tack the
tracks? That's at best a one way trip if the wind is at your back.

I have various ideas for that, one is bending the wind with large
screens by the rail. Using an s shaped solid sail it can also be made
to rotate around it's axle on the wind. The spring and/or flywheel will
have to be big enough to travel from station to station.

Okay - basic sailing - if the wind is at your back - yeah, the crew is
happy and sailing is easier and top speeds are obtainable - if the wind
is hitting your face - boo, the crew now has to work by tacking and
this is when the speed of the boat is at it's slowest - you cannot tack
on tracks - the wind is pushing you back - how do you actually think
you are going to overcome that one. Better spend your time on a new
potato peeler.