TransPod FluxJet - Ultra-High-Speed Transportation

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I'm still trying to wrap my head around this one ...

Press Release:
TransPod Unveils the FluxJet, a First-in-the-World Vehicle for Ultra-High-Speed Transportation of Passengers and Cargo at over 1,000km/h

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So it is faster than a Bullet train?

I wonder what the cost will be?

I wonder if obese people will be very sorry about the G forces?

I wonder if Elon Musk is going to sue over this or if it will complement is Boring Company ideas?

 

[JMCx4]

So it is faster than a Bullet train?

I wonder what the cost will be?

I wonder if obese people will be very sorry about the G forces?

I wonder if Elon Musk is going to sue over this or if it will complement is Boring Company ideas?

1,000 km/hr is over 600 mph, while the fastest public bullet train in operation is the Shanghai Maglev @ 268 mph. Big diff'.

As for g-forces, they are related to acceleration & not to speed. So as long as the FluxJet folks can figure out how to get up to max speed & slow down to stop at small rates and minimize/eliminate turning (all significant limitations), there's a chance neither obese nor skinny passengers will suffer. This recent American Bazaar article notes that Musk's plan for a San Francisco-L.A. hyperloop proposes a limit of no more than 0.5 g's, while this earlier PBS News Hour piece cites plans to mimic the 0.1 to 0.3 g acceleration of a commercial aircraft on takeoff.

My head is slowly beginning to wrap around the technical points of this extreme travel thing, but I don't expect to see any of these public transport options operating in my remaining lifetime. And I'm OK with that, because I've never liked rollercoasters either.

 

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1,000 km/hr is over 600 mph, while the fastest public bullet train in operation is the Shanghai Maglev @ 268 mph. Big diff'.

As for g-forces, they are related to acceleration & not to speed. So as long as the FluxJet folks can figure out how to get up to max speed & slow down to stop at small rates and minimize/eliminate turning (all significant limitations), there's a chance neither obese nor skinny passengers will suffer. This recent American Bazaar article notes that Musk's plan for a San Francisco-L.A. hyperloop proposes a limit of no more than 0.5 g's, while this earlier PBS News Hour piece cites plans to mimic the 0.1 to 0.3 g acceleration of a commercial aircraft on takeoff.

My head is slowly beginning to wrap around the technical points of this extreme travel thing, but I don't expect to see any of these public transport options operating in my remaining lifetime. And I'm OK with that, because I've never liked rollercoasters either.

Taking off is the only thing that I like about jet travel, I dislike landings. Haven't been on a plane since COVID.

My 163 pounds might like to try the FluxJet once!