FeòragMar 5, 2024

Return of the Gyroscopic Monorail

Back at the very start of the 20th century, several inventors were working on monorails that stayed upright by using gyroscopes. It's taken nearly 120 years, but a new gyroscopic monorail is being developed in Germany.

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Return of the Gyroscopic Monorail

Back at the very start of the 20th century, several inventors were working on monorails that stayed upright by using gyroscopes. It’s taken nearly 120 years, but a new gyroscopic monorail is …

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Show threadCuprohastesMar 7, 2024
@feorag @cstross
Ironically I just watched a video about this. They were stable, had a really great balance mechanism and could run on one rail of an existing track.
They never took off because they needed two huge flywheels per carriage!
Show threadCharlie Stross
@Cuprohastes @feorag What if—one wonders—they distributed the batteries around the rim of the flywheel to power the monorail car and keep it upright at the same time?
Mar 7, 2024 at 1:41pmWeb