Well, for one thing, it would not have looked like this. The Aerotrain was kept at a distance from most people. Some common Aerotrain hazards were:
*Extreme sound levels -- As with all hovercraft, the Rohr Aerotrain was a very loud machine. It could not sneak up on looky-loos because it was heard from quite aways. About an inch and half of insulation had to be put inside the air ducts to help reduce the vibration noise. Otherwise, one had to wear ear protection while waiting at a station gate to board a vehicle. The Aerotrain didn't touch the ground after all. So quite a bit of noise would be expected from such a hovercraft.
*Electrical hazards -- The vehicle was not something that one could just walk up to while the engine was running anyway. It had a static charge built up that had it be grounded at each stop along its route.
*Sand storms -- There was a lot of air blowing dirt and trash and anything else it could clear from the station track as it hovered along side a platform.
*Not very approachable -- As with all hazards, there was a required fence to keep waiting passengers far away from the Aerotrain platform while it was in operation so they wouldn't be hit by flying debris or have one of their children sucked into an air duct. Passengers only entered and excited the vehicle while it was turned off and statically discharged.
BlackShark a écrit:j'ai du mal à croire qu'un aérotrain 100% électrique puisse être aussi bruyant à quai, un aérotrain lévitant à très basse hauteur utilise beaucoup moins de débit d'air qu'un hovercraft marin. Ils ont mis des mauvais ventilos ou quoi ?
BlackShark a écrit:les ingénieurs ont depuis longtemps trouvé la parade en ajoutant des points de décharge statique dans l'air (sans contact avec le sol)
BlackShark a écrit:I just learned this and it makes me feel sad.
I thought the Rohr aerotrain was the most advanced of them all since it was the last to be designed (from scratch, not counting the I80 jet upgrade), but what you say makes me think that the development was rushed to win the bid from the DOT instead of designing somthing that wwould actually be used for passenger transportation.
It's quite sad.
Damien D. a écrit:Well, almost, but do not forget that anyway there was nothing to power the machine efficiently.
An electric Aérotrain was a dead end concept in the 70's.
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