 | | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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(...) LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE LECTURE I have a 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary' and it has a pair of pages about tilting trains, though it only mentions the Pendolino and a 'French tilting train' that it dosn't (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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John: Thanks for quantifying that the "tilt allows speeds up to 30% higher then normal". Sounds like a good couple of pages of reading in that 'Ultimate Visual Dictionary'. later, James Mathis (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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Some tilting train reading if you're interested: (URL) Mathis (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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I thought scientists disproved the whole "centrifugal force" thing years ago? And decided that centripital force would take its place... -Rob "James Mathis" <thakius@nmt.edu> wrote in message news:GrAuvL.Aw8@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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| | RE: Tilting trains (Used to be: how did James Mathis make his tilting trains?)
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Rhendrix wrtes: (...) Centrifugal force doesn't actually exist, it's an imaginary force felt in a rotating system. Consider an elevator accelerating upwards. The extra acceleration makes you feel heavier. It's as if there's an extra force besides (...) (23 years ago, 10-Feb-02, to lugnet.trains)
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