[USMA:24756] Re: AW: Gauge Width : Maglev

[Joseph B. Reid]

Stan Doer wrote in USMA 24355:

Millimeters is not correct for pitch.  4.4 mm is less than an inch.   4.4
meters is correct.

This is obvious from road people travel every day.  Just look at the banking
of roads designed for 60 mph.  300 mph is much faster than 60 mph and
therefore much more banking is required.  Basic physics and geometry.

Stan Doore

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "G. Stanley Doore" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [USMA:24355] Re: AW: Gauge Width : Maglev

 Is it possible that Transrapid meant that the pitches were 4.4 mm,
 4,8 mm and 5.1 mm?  That I could understand.

 > Joe

Would Stan favor us with a dimensioned drawing showing a pitch of 4.4 m for a track with a gauge of 2.8 m?

Joe
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