MAGLEV train "capable" of 3,500 km/h

[toughsofty1981]

I have been a huge fan of Maglev Technology ever since i saw the Zeitgest video. Their concepts about energy sources are 'jaw-dropping' and none that are too impractical. Not too sure about the rest of the video though. Thought provoking though it is!!!

[SamYulie95]

A partial breach in vacum would be worse than running into the proverbial brick wall.

[zonksification]

lol its Rimmer

[MrErix92]

yeah..3,5h . from london to tokyo..now that finally satisfies customer needs..and imagine the market possibilities..

[gjg442]

american is the ghetto train

[alternate66]

Gazpacho soup !

[wullebulle123]

What about a vactrain under the mediterenean sea from Africa to Europe as soon desertec becomes reality and robots can dig tunels autonomously

[Willbotx]

3500 Kph roughly put into MPH is 2,174 MPH, damn that would be one scary ride.

[moya138]

We have faster.

[madcowz2020]

580km/hr whats that like 38 mph?

[MrBenCaesar]

i think maglev is the future of train technology all over the world.

[lolicanadian]

i remember in shanghai, when i was riding in a van, i suddenly saw a maglev train shoot past me like the van wasn't moving at all.

[Dreadnought942]

15 MIllion??

LOL each country spends 30 BILLION per DAY on militairy...

why..why is humanity so fucking STUPID.

[Hardy123Zhao]

@Dreadnought942 yea he said 15 Million euros (19.6125 Million Approx USD) PER mile of track. That doesn't include the train and other stuff. If you want the theoretical 3,500 km/h you need a vacuum tunnel which would cost way more to make and manage.But hey I'm not against it, I would totally want to have one in each country too.

[MiDnYTe25]

@Dreadnought942 you must be american

[you4shadz]

@Dreadnought942 yeah per mile

[1madaboutguitar]

The west paid for all of this yet we watch our own countries go down the tubes.

[shivan1999jaguarz236]

Cant they test einteints theory there.

When someone is passing you at a .... amount of speed and you are driving ..... amount of speed he should be invisible...

[mitterdoo]

Dear Santa,

Gimme a ticket to the fastest passenger run on this train

-mitterdoo

[Luzifa1983]

if they would build a tunnel from the west coast of the USA to japan and close them inside in the vacuum tunnel they may reach 3,500 km/h, would be realy cool. 2 hours to travel the ocean

[TakashimaGroup]

3:54 Are You Mad? LOL :P



[Vingador]

Saddly its easier for sick minded ppl to plan a terrorist attack on one of this that on an airplane. Its cool to see someday some of this "flying" at 3,5k km/h speed? yes, but it does worth the risk? I dont think so.

[HUFerike]

Egy nullával többet írtál jóember! ikszdééé (XD)

[crazyjoeda]

That's very cool, although I'm TGV trains have gone over 550km. I wonder how realistic vacuum tunnels would be even over a much shorter distance let alone London to Tokyo, and I doubt they would trust a person to drive a train at 3,500km/h it would be automated.

Also it appears the German train is using similar technology to Vancouver's Skytrain, which also uses magnets in the form of linear induction motors to propel trains instead of conventional third rails found on most metro-systems.

[Fily84]

Che altro dire se non " Wow" / What else to say if not "Wow"

[KCJbomberFTW]

They shud make it go 88 mph and be a time machine

[gredangeo]

@KCJbomberFTW Can't, no Flux Capacitor. :( 

[INoIFearIGaming]

F***in magnets! How do they work?!

[cptstubing]

ahh i'd rather walk.. at least i can stop and eat every few minutes.

[Evi1M4chine]

And I comment on this video… like so. :P

[spike378]

China is the future. If they can build the Great Wall they can build the Great Train of China

[unholyimage]

Such monumental projects are generally veeery long in the making and will only continue as long as finances permit. I smell a Concord being hatched.

[yoshiwinsagain]

now what happens when they suddenly stop

FWOOSH PILEUP!

[lhxperimental]

50 billion euros per mile!!

[UraeusAnkhAmon]

@dandamansrandomvids Neither would the Japaneese, it also depends on eletrical current.

[marchesedesade89]

50billion euros per mile?!? He meant 50 millions!!!

[bamahacker01]

@LegoWilly The sound of the train wont exist in a vacuum tunnel lol

[ImportantAndUseless]

@bamahacker01 It exists, but it can't travel thru vacuum space.

[kkoozzoollss]

What is the device where the model was hanging in? It looks so awesome.

[kkoozzoollss]

Just dont break light speed or you will make time machine.

[Goliath1886]

Problem Mormons?

[Kidrockcia]

Well i must say if that train got into some kind of wreck it be a fast death don't think you would even see it coming... fact is if its made my man it will brake...

[ct1660]

AMERICA WHY U NO MAGLEV?

[ivanjesik]

massive speed :-))

[adam3176]

BULLSHIT they are using them underground in Vacuum tunnels

[llOoXxACExXoOllAS]

talking about bullet train what about that one, rofl :D

[ScorpiaX]

We'll probably just invest in space ports with mini shuttles in sub orbital space with 8 minute 10,000 mile journeys by then.

[LPNogga]

now make the train floating throw an vacuum tunnel and it will reach infinite speed :S

[TheVWPaddy]

German Technic

[cplai]

Is it practical to maintain a vacuum over such a long distance? Without the vacuum tube to travel in, the train will never reach the 3500km/h speed.

[prakash2187]

what if maglev mets accident? gaush!! that would be tragic.

A train with 3,500 kms/hr derailed would definately be tragic.

[robertweinberg1993]

@prakash2187 How would it derail?

[KingRadbadical1988]

@prakash2187 IT WOULD BE AWESOME

As long as it effected someone else and not you. Imagine how awesome of a fearsome sight that would be, coming at you that fast, the sound it would make...holyshit

[bartybum]

omg i used to have a toy tram exactly like that!

[terrakeun]

On national geo they said that speeds would be possible up til 20.000 km/h if there would ever be a trans atlantic connection. costs would sadly build up to 1 trillion dollars and the time to build around 100 years. Still cool though :)

[K31TH3R]

I was thinking the other day, how awesome would it be if you made a mag lev hoverboard. You could attach a cable to the train and "ski" behind it hovering over the rails.

Sure you'd probably die in the process but it would be worth it being named the first person to ride a hoverboard.

[Jasoconth]

@K31TH3R i love ur ideas lmaooooo

[JirkaLOST]

is this RIMMER!?!?!?!? WOW YEAHHH!

[KaleunMaender77]

If it is true and they are planning to make a global transport system, it would take at least 200 years to complete it. And even thinking about 3,500 km/h (2,175 mph) - just under 1 km per second (3,280 FEET per sec) - makes me think that engineering has gone far too extreme... but in a very fun way. I hope I have a next life when it comes. It's just too excitiing!

[mcmanus1806]

could you imagine te security needed for a train to go from london to bejing! it wouldnt surprise me if passengers themselves had to be scanned, as 1 bomb could cost billions maybe trillions of £ in damage and lifes.

[nelumio]

once had a test ride there - it was awesome!

[Stillillgal]

THE VENUS PRJECT got em

[scrappyduke]

I think NASA should use this technology to launch their space crafts

[Future0331]

Dude London to Tokyo in only 3 1/2 hours? holy crap lmao

[muhcyan]

@Future0331 How are they going to run Japan's Sea between Korean

Peninsula and Japan Islands and English Channel?

Does Maglev train not only RUN,but also JUMP the channel or ocean

just like aircraft ?? very fine!!! Dreaming vehicle.

LOL LOL

[tsport100]

@muhcyan High Speed Trains are travelling under the English channel at this very moment!

[muhcyan]

@tsport100 Thank you for yr reply.

Is it true that Germany has already stopped developing maglev train(tansrapid)

because of cost or technical reason?

Maglev train runs in Shanghai now where is made by German technology.

[gelomination231]

@Future0331 how about if the transatlantic tunnel between new york and london finished in the year 2100++. maglev trains are capable to run at 8,000 km/h also inside a vacuum tunnel. and it will take at least 4-8 hours to reach new york to london.

[kakaze]

what I wonder with maglevs is how do tracks connect to each other? The only way I can think is something that drops down from above.

[123qwerty]

MAGNETS, HOW DO THEY WORK?

[tiger55331]

Does anyone know how much it costs to run the train once the track has been built, compared to a normal train or a TGV? Thanks

[schaatsgek]

But will it blend?

[adamz1988]

massive speed DX

[zyeromox]

made in germany is the best!!

[nyyrazboyyy]

still not faster than a bugatti veyron super sport ;D

[BLAZETANGO]

@nyyrazboyyy but at least it wont burn petrol in 15minutes or less :D

[Clazarolara]

@nyyrazboyyy ..maybe because the train is still not as light as the car? ;)

[barthoedemaker]

America and EU bankrupt. China wise enough to invest in own country... think

[wwwuraRetard]

@barthoedemaker

How can Americans think when they were born without a brain? All they care about is playing video games, and arguing with other people all day.

“I got in an argument with a girlfriend inside of a tent. That's a bad place for an argument, because I tried to walk out, and had to slam the flap.”

[arnoldmeulen]

@barthoedemaker China is wise enough to keep the customers and buy ports. China is wise enought to borrow money to America. China is wise enough to invest in their own country. China and Japan is the economy of the whole world.

[shorednb]

@barthoedemaker German Engineering

[SamuraiTogo]

★Japanese maglev system,

High technology, High cost, Need to land on the ground at the station,

Gaps between magnets are big, so, Safe,and Max speed is unlimited.

★German maglev system,

Low technology, Low cost, No need to land on the ground at the station,

Gaps between magnets are little, so, Dangerous,and Max speed is limited.

[8NCLI8]

@nebcornhusker1: Please read up on both socialism and communism. China is a dictatorship.

[natecole08]

hahaha @ 3500km/h your brains would be sucked into your feet :P

[MsRampy]

I really like this so fast and beautiful traveling

[XboxAlexRose]

If a train from London to Tokyo happened i would work there and go back to England each day !!

[TheGhx]

Who the hell will build a train from London to Tokyo?

[tsport100]

@TheGhx The Chinese have announced plans to build a High Speed network from London to Beijing

[TheGhx]

@tsport100 Really? If yes than, this project involve a lot of country as there will be a dozen of country to pass.

[tsport100]

@TheGhx They plan to build 2 lines from Asia to Europe. They're already in negotiations with 17 countries. Was announced March 2010.

[Soldier957]

@tsport100 Woot!? That's exactly what I've been hoping for! Where can I read more on this?

[Natch1590]

@tsport100 All things announced to get peoples hopes up... Get with the NWO you sheep.

[Technoboy1000]

@tsport100 so theoretically it would take about 2,5hrs to travel from Beijing to London without stopping!!

[Ranger629]

@tsport100 That would change our world completely. Wow! I'm amazed! :D Hope they do it!

[Alantgv]

@tsport100

But if its going to go 3,500 km/h, how will they be able to break the sound barrier without breaking house windows etc? Maybe a small sound-proof tunnel just for breaking the sound barrier? (the train would come out of the tunnel after it has broken the sound barrier) I think thats a good idea!

[cheapcutsofmeat]

@Alantgv

The key is the vacuum. Sound needs particles (like air) to travel through.. the vacuum tube eliminates the air.. and therefore the issue of sonic booms as there would be no sonic boom in a vacuum.

[zernestro]

@cheapcutsofmeat but maintaining vaccum in rows of many hundred kilometers is never going to happen, cause it's expensive...go reasearch a vacuum pump.. not to mention you can't breathe in vacuum (d'oh), and sealing the train completely would be near impossible, ergo the hard vacuum would suck out the scarce breathable air into the tunnel. so much for your idea... sorry!

[TheElephant79]

@tsport100 The Chinese are nuts.

[LizzyAston]

haha you'd derail in one country and half of you would end up in the next!

[VoiceActorDreamer]

It's a fucking F-Zero machine *w*

[Gringosmasher]

haha!! Japan and Germany research this technology, but they are a bunch of capitalist punks!! hahahahaha!! Not only has CHINA built the first magnetic levitating train, but now they are constructing an entire network. Socialism > Capitalism

[Antphoneigh]

@Gringosmasher thats because if the government wants something done in China, well boy, it's done!

[noslenmars]

Em vez do TGV devíamos optar pelo MagLev

[TheMissingno]

A thousand plus mile long vacuum tube... o_o

[kiwehtin]

The Japanese maglev is actually based on US-developed technology. It wasn't invented in Japan. The US inventors, Powell and Danby, have since improved on their original inventions from the 1960s and started developing a second generation maglev system that is far more versatile, safer, and cheaper than either the German system or the Japanese system based on their 1960s technology. They're still looking for funding to continue testing and construction of a test vehicle.

[monkeymirror]

@kiwehtin Oh you guy's think you invented everything, next you'll tell me it was Abraham Lincoln that invented the wheel.

[gpermata]

I dont think anyone will able to have a comfortable journey when the train goes 3500km/hr.. imagining the gforce

[commandandconq3]

@gpermata rofl wanna see their faces and their cells split up molecules r gonna split :S

[Zidriz]

@gpermata The g-force depends on the acceleration, not on the speed. You can go 3500 km/h and have 0 g-force. It will take a long ramp up time to reach that speed though to prevent high g-force.

[vilepium]

dont mess with japan when it comes to technology....

[baron706]

But Japanese maglev express has ability of 100mm floating.

[georgebishop1000]

Hmm lots of people proud of Deuchland here but let's be honest it's really just modified Japanese technology. Without the Japs this wouldnt exist. sorry.

[morelala]

@georgebishop1000 listen close.. its the other way around

[rotzikotzi99]

holy **** 3,500 km/h :O 

[movement26]

Let us not forget Eric Laithwaite.

[kitwann1]

Are the trains quiet when running at high speed i.e. when they pass my house.

[conhopper78]

@kitwann1 that is indeed a problem. And that (plus energy consuption) are the reason that the speed of high speed trains currently are maxed out at 350km/h. BUT if they would build the vacuum tube track, you wouldnt notice that train at all. Sound cannot be distributed through a Vacuum.

[TheAudioslave93]

Es gibt genau 2 Widerstände den Luftwiderstand und die magnetische Reibung durch Wirbelströme !

[MegaMisiek94]

london to tokyo. 3 hours ?? :O nothink is impossible :)

[PassiRBL97]

Und alles aus Deutschland ;D

[drannard123]

Thank you very much very nice demonstration of principle ...

[metra0808]

lovve!!!

[Lukeypoos001]

This clip is from "Chris Barrie's Massive Speed"

[TZMchapterKiel]

The ET3 company also designs MAGLEV trains. They use about 2% of the energy compared to your standard airplane and put out zero emission. Only thing in the way is money.

The Revolution is Now

[Matyskills]

hey this is Rimmer! 

[SamuraiRush]

you like turbo?

[datafreak667]

emergency stop?

[KuBi4K]

@datafreak667

Mmh, you cut the power, the train land back on the track.

:D

[comedianFA]

In a accident, you would fly out of Space at speed of 3,500 miles/ hours.

[mitsakos19]

@comedianFA

it says kilometers, not miles

[InertiaXertus]

Putting a Maglev train in a vacuum tube would be (specifics aside) like putting a train inside the CERN super collider.

[lepivert]

3500 km/h only in a vacuum tube ! 

[martyr732]

@lepivert yes u r correct

[101Things2doinSummer]

woah! its like the flying train from back to the future :) ! except it doesn't time travel :(

[neverblameme]

3:00 THATS CALLED MAGIC!!!

[Colonelcouchpotato]

1:25 FAKE

[99CesarSantos99]

@Colonelcouchpotato is true and not false

[gibb1991]

@Colonelcouchpotato It's basic physics. Magnets of the same polarity repel. Duhrrrrrr...

[KyleBatenburg]

@Colonelcouchpotato Why don't you go and get two small magnets and give it a try. Then, after that, break the magnets in half and you will have four magnets--each with North and South polarities... Wow. Yippie skippie. Monopoles, as far as we currently comprehend the Laws of the Universe through Physics and Chemistry, do not exist in our perceived reality. Rather, dipoles will always form due to one of the fundamental Laws of the Universe--Electromagnetism. Learn. Read. Experiment. Live. Love.

[runesmed]

Rimmer ? WTF are you doing there ? Get back on the Dwarf you lazy hologram!

[growingup15]

BEAST!

[917893678251]

TGV has 574

[Apofis]

@917893678251

but tgv consumes 90% more and, only 1 time, tgv at 574 has an higher friction and must be repaired before next train due to displacement of the catenary. and rail wear is incredibly high. but transrapid or maglev, no need to be repaired because friction doens't exist (only wind)

[tjinga2u1]

id like to ride that to my work :P looks fun

[bnladen09]

hhh...they have all this technology and we still ride on the donkeys in Morocco and all africa !! D:

[mnerino2]

Nice blend of reporting high speed train technology alternatives with a little science behind the technology.

[Pemberdeer]

Hey RIMMER!

I agree with AV3NG3R00, vacuums present many engineering difficulties and would require enormous quantities of energy to mantain. What about a Wind Tunnel built around the track whereby low pressure (through short term evacuation) is maintained in front of the train. As the train passes, the evacuation fans cease and air rushes back in to equalise the vacuum. This in-rush of air cause a relatively high pressure on the back of the train, thus reducing wind resistance.

[luc59457]

Make it electric!

[DanTastic66]

Bring on the day when all you need to do is walk through a door and you're there !!

all if this rushing about seems so primitive...

Worm holes happen naturally in the universe, if we tapped into that technology

then we wouldn't have to worry about accidents at 3,500 km/h

I'll follow this technology with interest !

All the best !!

**DanTastic66**

[sandwichtaster]

@DanTastic66 all you need are inertial dampeners, not fucking wormholes

[AtvProjects]

id never want to go 3,500 km/h you'd probably kill yourself.

[Allexxx96Reloaded]

@AtvProjects space shuttles go with 28.000 km/h and the astronauts didnt die!

and the earth orbits speed is massive also and we are alive!

if the train will accelerate too fast then you will die but if its slow you won't feel a thing!

[crap1453]

3500km/h in vacum tubes.

[jontator]

i made onw

[917893678251]

Who wants to ride a 3500 km/h train, it's like flying but it's on land.

[XxWearsMexX]

@917893678251 faster thn flying.

[Nekosys]

@917893678251 who wouldn't!!! That's nearly more than the distance between the state of Maine and the state of California, within a matters of hours!

[AV3NG3R00]

3500km/h seems awesome and all, but in order to create a track 6000 miles long (like London to Tokyo), they would have to evacuate around 120 million cubic metres (or 4 billion cubic feet) of atmosphere. The largest man made vacuums in the world are only reach maybe 1/1000th of this.

This is a little bit ambitious guys...

[ddnguyen278]

@AV3NG3R00 Why would they need to evacuate it? They can use something like hypersonic cavitation to create a bubble of vacuum to ride, much like how the hypersonic torpedos the Russians developed.

[TravvyG]

3500Km/h.. Pfff I can go faster then that on my Bike! Lol joking =). €50B a mile.. That's a lot of molla.. Good for international purposes cept we forget that the continets are constantly moving.. I find a TGV System would be great for now. Shame Australia still is behind. Kevin Rudd needs to do HSR Network plan for the east coast

[sagy5]

You rock mr rimier sir!

[oerunekoi]

London to tokyo at 3,500KM/h!? That could be Massive lol Here in Mexico still be tied with three donkeys and two AA batteries on the tong of the donkeys to make it run faster (8 to 15KM/h)

[hr1100]

@oerunekoi The funny thing is that the donkey system is much more sophisticated tech, which we understand very little beyond their main functions. And if we define 'understanding' as being able to reproduce it artificially, then we're nowhere.

[architrex12249]

the japanese maglev still holds the world's speed record...... 581 km/h (~361 mi/h

[walter0bz]

no need for fast train.

use tele-presence VR robots for world-wide omniprescence.

[EndemicVoid123]

yeah, go have virtual sex with Moscow's whores and have your VR ski session instead of actually going to Switzerland and breathing the magic air of highlands...have fun!

[2475988]

No 3500 km. 581 km

[tsport100]

Listen to the entire video!

[SgtCyrex]

@tsport100 indeed, but i want to see someone build a vacuum tunnel from paris to tokyo. :D

[windsorus]

@2475988 Its talking about inside a vacuum tube. Currently without a vacuum tube, the speed is reduced due to air resisitance and some other minor factors.

[nigomusic]

@2475988 to be precise. Listen from 6:04.

[predatortheme]

@2475988

Didnt you listen?. what stops trains from going 3500kmh.. tell me

then tell me how that is fixable.. then tell me why trains can go 3500kmh

[Armigo91]

In fact its capability is higher then 3500kph.

If you build a vaccuum maglev system around the circumference of the earth one end to the other,

It coud potentially go fast enough to reach orbital speed at ground level. Or about 30.000kph.

The faster you go, the more gravity you lose in correspondence to earths pull. Making the efficience of the magnets less relevant as they have to support less weight as it reaches closer to orbital speed. You coud be floating within a glass cabin within

[manbearpig900]

@Armigo91 Cool theory bro.

[omerkha]

@Armigo91 now that would be something, which would mean from any given city in the world to the next city it would take no longer then seconds or minutes. not going to happen but just imagine

[khaledalytalaat]

oh this is typically like the one we have in egypt !!!

[KAZAKHKILLA]

We gradually flowing into the future

[moonlightcrawler]

Deutschland rocks ;P

[gertgertgert18]

uitleg van hele snelle magneettrein