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LEGO model of Aerotrain TRIDIM Project
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Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:23:42 GMT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njlPFsW2auM
This is fantastic! Back in the 70's, the French Aerotrain (air suspension high
speed experimental train) reached speeds of something like 380 km/h. For a year
or two in the middle of that project, they also experimented with a low-speed
system called TRIDIM. Information is really sketchy on it but it seems to use
about 6 or 8 pneumatic suspension "pads", and a horizontal gear rack beamway for
propulsion, just like the LEGO monorail!
Someone's come up with an adorable LEGO model of it; something like this would
look fantastic in your layouts!
-Iain
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