High-speed trains close to the ground

Japanese engineers make new means of transport by combining high-speed trains with planes.

Model of hybrid transportation between high-speed train and aircraft. Photo: Discovery.

Discovery News reported that at the Seminar on Robotics and Automation in Shanghai, China last week, Tohoku University 's inventors in Japan unveiled a prototype version of a high-speed train capable of Fly with air cushion.

Basically, hybrid vehicles have a more aircraft-like appearance with six wings, one tail and propulsion. By means of contact with the ground, its motion will not be impeded by friction. So in the same time it will reach higher speeds, while using less fuel, compared to high-speed trains touching the rails.

The only problem with the "train-cum-train" is that it always faces the risk of throwing, dive and deviating from every other aircraft. Hence, the lower part of the hull would be difficult to maintain parallel position relative to the ground. One of the solutions to overcome these weaknesses is the U-shaped railways.

See the high-speed train near the ground: