The fastest I've travelled without flying.

[p38arover]

A few years ago I travelled between London and Paris at 245km/h.

Last week, I was on the Beijing-Shanghai train travelling at 309km/h. It's surprising that it doesn't feel or look like one is travelling that quickly, especially as it was so smooth.

But today I caught the Shaghai-airport Mag Lev and saw 431km/h displayed on the screen - 7 minutes for the 30km trip (we did the return journey as well). Again, the feeling of speed was limited - until another Mag Lev passed in the opposite direction doing the same speed. The carriage got hit by a shock wave and the other train was gone in a split second. Can you imagine a train passing you, about 1 metre away, at 850+km/h?

The trip was relatively smooth with a bit of sideways motion. The train tilts into curves.

It wasn't cheap but it was worth it! :)

[DiscoMick]

That sounds great. We went on the Shikassen in Japan and it was similar. Don't realise how fast it is. Imagine Sydney-Brisbane in 3 hours.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

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[austastar]

Hi,
At those speeds, anything hit would be vapourised.
Cheers

[loanrangie]

210kph on my VFR750 [bighmmm].

[Markf]

I’ve always liked this video. Have a look at the drivers face near the end.
YouTube (https://youtu.be/sE4A0nPjyqQ)

[p38arover]

Will have to watch it when I get home - anything owned by Google is blocked in China.

[Charliektm400exc]

A few years ago I travelled between London and Paris at 245km/h.


Must have been a slow one. I was on it last year and got 299 on my gps a few times

[Arapiles]

That's quick.

Japan Rail is building a new maglev Shinkansen between Tokyo and Nagoya, and eventually Osaka - will have speeds of 505km/h and do Tokyo to Nagoya (285.6km) in 40 minutes and Tokyo - Osaka (438 km) in 67 minutes.

That'd mean Melbourne - Sydney in about 1 hour and 45 minutes and Melbourne - Adelaide in about 1 hour 26 minutes ...

[steveG]

I went on the Shanghai maglev a few years ago. As you said - the passing train gives a decent shock.
From memory though I thought it was up around 430kmh when I was on it.

Steve.

[mekon76]

My R1 never went above 299 on the speedo.

[p38arover]

I went on the Shanghai maglev a few years ago. As you said - the passing train gives a decent shock.
From memory though I thought it was up around 430kmh when I was on it.

Steve.

Yes, we saw 431km/h

[p38arover]

A pic to prove it:

MagLev

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High speed train:

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[p38arover]

I just came across this video about magnetism and mag-lev. It's old but quite interesting (to me. at least).


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI_HFnNTfyU

Re his demonstration of aluminium and magnetism, I recall an experiment we did at tech when I was training with DCA to be a radio tech in the mid-Sixties.

We tossed a disc of aluminium between the horns of a magnetron (a radio microwave "valve" used in radar - also used in microwave ovens). The magnetic field between the horns (that's what the magnets look like - a bull's horns) is quite strong. When the disc hit the field, it shot out the other side at a very high velocity. One wouldn't have wanted to be on the receiving end of that.

The horns were something like this one:

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[Tombie]

The Katana is governed electronically to 263km/h but it gets there nice and quick.

I've ridden a Busa to 299 before - again governed

[INter674]

The Katana is governed electronically to 263km/h but it gets there nice and quick.

I've ridden a Busa to 299 before - again governed

B..gee...sus...the bugs must hurt at that velocity...and I chickened out at 180 kph in the D4 with four walls around me!

Bikers are truly insane🤤

[Tombie]

B..gee...sus...the bugs must hurt at that velocity...and I chickened out at 180 kph in the D4 with four walls around me!

Bikers are truly insane[emoji1786]

Or truly alive [emoji6]

They don’t tickle if they hit the neck, but you’re tucked in a fair bit to get there. During the black dog ride the other week I was struck in the left kneecap by a golf ball sized rock at a fair pace. Had the limp and bruise for a week. [emoji41]


D4 at the limiter handles beautifully. You were nearly there! A fully decked out 3.4t TD5 Defender at $1.60 is quite exhilarating.

[INter674]

Or truly alive [emoji6]

They don’t tickle if they hit the neck, but you’re tucked in a fair bit to get there. During the black dog ride the other week I was struck in the left kneecap by a golf ball sized rock at a fair pace. Had the limp and bruise for a week. [emoji41]


D4 at the limiter handles beautifully. You were nearly there! A fully decked out 3.4t TD5 Defender at $1.60 is quite exhilarating.

Have to say the car was incredibly stable a v quiet..so quiet two sleeping passengers never knew about it and still don't 😃

Issue was an annoying V8 Jeep that tried to run me out of road..but clearly he had waaay more legs/bigger aggits than me🤤

[Pedro_The_Swift]

did it look like this,[bigwhistle][bighmmm]

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