Transcript SKYTRAN Power Point

SkyTran
™
Personal Maglev Transporters™
SkyTran Features
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SkyTran vehicles are waiting for you
whenever you need one.
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A SkyTran vehicle takes you non-stop to
your destination from 25 to 100 mph.
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SkyTran is quiet and energy efficient.
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SkyTran provides privacy, safety, and
personal freedom like a car.
 SkyTran
is Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)
Low Cost Modular Design
Small
Personalized
Vehicles
Inexpensive
Portals
Lightweight
Guideways
Standard Utility Pole
Supports
How SkyTran Works
Vehicles exit the
high speed
guideway before
slowing…
…then descend
to the off line
portal closest to
your selected
destination
Traffic NEVER
slows down
while ON the
high speed
guideway!
Non-stop
travel
One lane of non-stop
SkyTran guideway
provides the same hourly
capacity as a three lane
freeway
8 ft.
Clearance
SkyTran structures do not
obstruct cars, pedestrian
any surface traffic.
Key
Technology
Propelled by
standard electric
Linear Synchronous
Motors (LSM).
Proven,
passive MagLev
technology replaces
wheels.
MagLev & LSM results in 200+ MPG energy efficiency
Only one moving part…Virtually No Maintenance.
On-site Assembly Uses 4 Basic Parts
• Guideway
• Vehicle
• Portal
• Poles
Designed for low cost and fast installation
Cost: <$10 Million per mile
SkyTran Is A Network
SkyTran takes you anywhere a car can go.
Scales Up To A Network
Crossing traffic at different levels prevents collisions.
Using SkyTran
Comfortable entry and exit
SkyTran disappears into the cityscape
No
expensive,
destructive
right-of-way
Minimum
visual
impact compared
to anacquisitions
equivalent
required,
existing
sidewalks
capacity
threejust
laneeasements
highway oron
a lower
capacity
light rail
Nonstop
Guideway
Parked vehicles
waiting for you
Boarding
portal
Scale Comparison of Visual Pollution
Elevated
Light
Rail
Taxi 2000
(SkyWeb Express)
Micro Rail
ETC Monorail
ULTra
Intermediate
Monorail
SkyTran
Uni-Modal
Comparison of 25 Mile Commute
MODE
AVERAGE SPEED
RIDE TIME
Local Bus
10 MPH
150 minutes
Light Rail
15 MPH
100 minutes
Commuter Rail
30 MPH
45 minutes
Auto
40 MPH
37 minutes
SkyTran
100 MPH
15 minutes
SkyTran
No wait, non-stop, no hassle!
SkyTran Safety Features
•Elevated Guideway
No possibility of collisions with cars, trucks, pedestrians, children, animals or
road debris.
•In-line travel on a single lane
Constant spacing and speed sensing for collision avoidance is simple. No
dangerous passing & arbitrary lane changing.
• No derailments
Impossible to derail. Also, cannot slide out of control in rain, ice or snow.
All Weather Operation
• Emergency braking
High-g emergency braking. SkyTran can safely stop 10 times faster than a car.
40,000+Auto Deaths In U.S.
SkyTran Reduces Air Pollution
Gate to City Service
SkyTran is small!
Boarding
structures can be
placed within 200
feet of each and
every airline’s
arrival gates.
EXAMPLE:
Deplane
and
Arrival
on
be
on your
United
way
to the
Airlines
city
in 60
seconds
SkyTran Doesn’t Replace Cars
SkyTran handles majority of
commuter traffic
 SkyTran doesn’t replace car for
family trips
 SkyTran doesn’t replace a trip to
Home Depot
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SkyTran Summary
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More affordable than driving
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Super low maintenance
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Faster than auto, bus or light-rail
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Safer than any other transit mode
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More energy efficient = 200 mpg
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No air or noise pollution
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Minimal land/environmental impact
Doug Malewicki, Inventor
Stanford University
Master of Science
Aeronautical & Aerospace
Engineering
Apollo Program
Lunar module design & test
B-1 Stealth Bomber
Composites Expert
DARPA Contractor
Advanced Morphing Wing
UAVs
Robosaurus
Who’s Who of Top Technical Support
Lawrence Livermore
National Laboratory
Dr. Richard Post
Inventor of “Passive Maglev” Technology
Maglev Guideway Development
Scaled Composites
Burt Rutan
Inventor of first plastic compsoite
spacecraft and first to privately launch a
man into space.
Vehicle Design & Engineering
Advanced Digital
Manufacturing
Vehicle Prototype Development
SkyTran
™
Personal Maglev Transporters™