Topic: China tested it's 'T-Train' Hyperloop system this week

Anonymous A started this discussion 1 year ago #116,504

It achieved a top speed of 387 mph on the 1.2 mile test track. In their next phase of testing they will extend the hyperloop track to 37 miles which will allow it to reach 621 mph. T-train plans to build a hyperloop system connecting Wuhan and Beijing which will reach speeds of 1,243 mph!

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 minutes later[^] [v] #1,286,300

Meanwhile in America, ragged old Amtrak trains from the 1970s reach top speeds of 40mph.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 46 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,309

> It achieved a top speed of 387 mph on the 1.2 mile test track.

Japan's SCMaglev has a larger test track and a faster maglev.

This is hardly news.

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 15 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,312

@previous (C)
Shorter test tracks do not provide enough time to reach max speeds. This recent hyperloop test in China is the current worldwide record holder, so if you're telling us Japan's has a longer track that's not really something to boast about. This hyperloop test in China is absolutely newsworthy, they broke the record for train speed

Edit: I see, the train in Japan you're talking about is a mature technology that will not be getting any faster in the near term, and can only achieve 375 mph. And it does not use a low pressure environment like hyperloops do!

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Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 1 year ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,313

@1,286,300 (B)

> Meanwhile in America, ragged old Amtrak trains from the 1970s reach top speeds of 40mph.

Yes. Mostly 40 mph, 80 mph on average across the entire fleet. Sad.

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boof joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 5 hours later, 6 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,345

wouldn't it be better to build the track where there's already no air?

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 8 hours later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,430

@1,286,312 (A)

> if you're telling us Japan's has a longer track that's not really something to boast about

A bureaucratic island nation built something larger and faster than a giant dictatorship. That's something to boast about.

Perhaps if those comfort women hadn't all aborted, there might be better train builders in China.

Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 6 minutes later, 15 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,432

@1,286,345 (boof)

Spaceloops to connect space elevators

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 1 year ago, 56 minutes later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,286,435

@1,286,430 (E)
China beat the world record for train speed a couple days ago, nerd. You're posting in a topic about it. Give your wikipedias a minute to update before you embarrass yourself further

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