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To: Willie Green
Magnetic repulsion propels the maglev forward in addition to keeping it levitated.

Can you go into this with a little more detail so that I can understand the physics? I don't understand where the horizontal component of force is coming from. To produce acceleration, net force must be unbalanced in the direction of motion. How does the magnetism accomplish this? Are the magnets set at angles to each other?

12 posted on 09/25/2004 3:58:39 PM PDT by stripes1776
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To: stripes1776
There are two coil systems: one lifts, the other pushes and pulls.
14 posted on 09/25/2004 7:17:49 PM PDT by pierrem15
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