SKYTRAN Power Point

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SkyTran Personal Maglev Transporters
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SkyTran Features

• SkyTran vehicles are waiting for you
  whenever you need one.
• A SkyTran vehicle takes you non-stop to your
  destination from 25 to 100 mph.
• SkyTran is quiet and energy efficient.
• SkyTran provides privacy, safety, and personal
  freedom like a car.
• SkyTran is Personal Rapid Transit (PRT)

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Low Cost Modular Design
Small Personalized Vehicles
InexpensivePortals
LightweightGuideways
Standard Utility Pole Supports
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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
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One lane of non-stop SkyTran guideway provides
the same hourly capacity as a three lane freeway
SkyTran structures do not obstruct cars,
pedestrian any surface traffic.
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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 partVirtually No Maintenance.
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On-site Assembly Uses 4 Basic Parts

• Guideway
• Vehicle
• Portal
• Poles

Designed for low cost and fast installation
Cost
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SkyTran Is A Network
SkyTran takes you anywhere a car can go.
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Scales Up To A Network
Crossing traffic at different levels prevents
collisions.
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Using SkyTran
Comfortable entry and exit
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SkyTran disappears into the cityscape
Minimum visual impact compared to an equivalent
capacity three lane highway or a lower capacity
light rail
No expensive, destructive right-of-way
acquisitions required, just easements on existing
sidewalks
Nonstop Guideway
Parked vehicles waiting for you
Boarding portal
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SkyTran
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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!
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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.

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SkyTran Reduces Air Pollution
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Gate to City Service
SkyTran is small! Boarding structures can be
placed within 200 feet of each and every
airlines arrival gates.
EXAMPLE Arrival on United Airlines
Deplane and be on your way to the city in 60
seconds
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SkyTran Doesnt Replace Cars

• SkyTran handles majority of commuter traffic
• SkyTran doesnt replace car for family trips
• SkyTran doesnt replace a trip to Home Depot

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SkyTran Summary

• More affordable than driving
• Super low maintenance
• Faster than auto, bus or light-rail
• Safer than any other transit mode
• More energy efficient 200 mpg
• No air or noise pollution
• Minimal land/environmental impact

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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
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Whos 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 Vehicl
e Prototype Development
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SkyTran Personal Maglev Transporters