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"Scotty" wrote in message
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do you have any clue as to how much a train weighs? how
much HP is needed to move one?

Scotty


wrote in message
oups.com..
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With "IT" what do you mean specifically? And how did you
come to this
conclusion?

Are you referring to public transport? :-)

So far I think it's a good idea to use the trains we
already have to
transport the passengers. I was thinking to make sails the
same width
and half the height of the train. Put them in sets of 4 on
their own
set of wheels. carts to the front and rear end of the
train. The
amount of carts you take with you depends on how brutal
the wind is
that day.

The carts don't have to be heavy if they can be clamped
onto the rails.

I imagine 60 mini sails could pull a reasonable size train
or at least
help pull it.

Scotty wrote:
''neveScottys in response to the usefulness of it.

Scotty

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Thanks for the constructive criticisms. :-)

On Nov 23, 5:52 pm, "Scotty" wrote:
do you have any clue as to how much a train weighs? how
much HP is needed to move one?

But of course I do,

The idea is to use conventional trains and use the sails to assist.

Electric trains can generate about 30% of the energy used to accelerate
while breaking.

If (on average) we could shave of (only) an extra 10% the sail would
already be interesting.

For now I think solid sails are the best solution, I've updated the
page a bit.

http://gabydewilde.googlepages.com/sailtrain
gabydewilde - Sailtrain

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this looks interesting

http://www.google.com/patents?q=patent%3A583533

On Nov 25, 11:23 pm, " wrote:
Thanks for the constructive criticisms. :-)

On Nov 23, 5:52 pm, "Scotty" wrote:

do you have any clue as to how much a train weighs? how
much HP is needed to move one?But of course I do,

The idea is to use conventional trains and use the sails to assist.

Electric trains can generate about 30% of the energy used to accelerate
while breaking.

If (on average) we could shave of (only) an extra 10% the sail would
already be interesting.

For now I think solid sails are the best solution, I've updated the
page a bit.

http://gabydewilde.googlepages.com/sailtrain
gabydewilde - Sailtrain