 | | Re: Model of MATRA's VAL System —Iain Hendry
| | | | Miles Gentry wrote in message ... (...) wheels (...) Actually, none of the rubber-tyred systems I've seen have used that system. Rubber-tyred large-scale Metros, in such cities as Montreal and Paris, simply "drop off" the concrete guideway and roll (...) (24 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
| | | | | | | | | | Re: Model of MATRA's VAL System —Miles Gentry
| | | | | (...) My mistake for assuming that the appearance of horizontal wheels always indicates their application to steering. You noted that such steering systems appear only in prototypes when used for passenger systems. In fact, my first exposure to such (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Model of MATRA's VAL System —Iain Hendry
| | | | | Miles Gentry wrote in message ... (...) Ok, you mis-read me (^: Horizontal wheels *do* indicate guidance to keep a vehicle on the beamway, if they're always engaging with a side friction rail. Actually, I give up (^: (...) correcting me. I didn't (...) (24 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.technic, lugnet.build)
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