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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 |
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