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TECHNICAL SKETCHES

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Single Rider Pod - 5'-6" diameter by 9' long. Operable wind skirt at back to assist launch and to incrementally adjust pod speed for merging maneuver.

 

Pod & Tube Section - 7' diameter tube

Magnetic levitation rails with steering rollers, pod caster wheels for Station use, and pod induction brake plate

Sections at Banked Curves. Shown at the maximum bank of 30 degrees for a single tube curve, and for an intersection zone where two tubes merge.

Typical street mounting concept for tube system including location in right-of-way and support of tube between vertical supports. No lost roadway or parking.

Propulsion Fan/Compressor uses an annular design that skims off 31,400 CFM of total 120,000 CFM in tube. The air is pressurized and directionally reinjected back into the main tube.

Propulsion Fan for intersection of two tubes. Fan has a second stage for moving an additional 120,000 CFM though annular cowling.

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Tube Entry Ramp - Pods are accelerated to 35 MPH via air pressure, and merged with traffic in the main tube. Software controls pod speeds and merge maneuver.

Tube Exit Ramp - Pods are decelerated from 35 MPH for station entry.

Permanent magnet eddy current brakes provide fail-safe braking.

Tube Wye Intersection - Over-head rail lifts pod out of floor rails and swings the pod into the intersecting tube where it lands on the floor rails.

Network Tube Cross Intersection - An annular cowling by-passes the extra air around the merge zone to keep the air flow constant through the intersection.

Urban Loop Network Concept, based on a Core Template (denoted on plan). Each template has at least one station and when templates are tiled together a complete network is formed.

Station - 8,000 sf, two story building with arrival and departure platforms, assistance zones, pod storage, electrical substation, and emergency generation.

Station Departure Gate Detail - A proposed passenger and network traffic control method.

Random Loop Network implementation where streets are more random.

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