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Author Topic: The Awesome Levitating (model) Train  (Read 438 times)
mad gerald
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« on: April 02, 2012, 09:23:00 AM »

G'day all,

still coming across these futuristic (model) railways ...  Roll Eyes ... first 2 videos with explanation how supercooled superconductors work ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtAwQXVsuk

... pretty cool, huh?

... and another model train ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeS_U9qFg7Y

... and finally one in life-size ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZH1aM2l8t8

Cheers
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2012, 10:13:22 AM »

I saw a cool MAGLEV LEGO at a show here in town. He used magnets and reversed polarity to make the car levitate.

Pretty cool.

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