top | item 6146504 (no title) zokiboy | 12 years ago http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop discuss order hn newest lke|12 years ago So Musk himself decribed it as a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table". So why do people keep talking about tubes ?Wouldn't a Ground Effect Vehicule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_vehicle) fit the descripton better ?Edit : thought a self powered super-sonic GEV would be hard to pull of. kineticfocus|12 years ago one of the more appropriate links...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rotrain
lke|12 years ago So Musk himself decribed it as a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table". So why do people keep talking about tubes ?Wouldn't a Ground Effect Vehicule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_vehicle) fit the descripton better ?Edit : thought a self powered super-sonic GEV would be hard to pull of. kineticfocus|12 years ago one of the more appropriate links...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rotrain
kineticfocus|12 years ago one of the more appropriate links...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C3%A9rotrain
lke|12 years ago
Wouldn't a Ground Effect Vehicule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_effect_vehicle) fit the descripton better ?
Edit : thought a self powered super-sonic GEV would be hard to pull of.
kineticfocus|12 years ago