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Scientific work "Resistance of air and fast trai

Creation period
1927 year
Place of сreation
Kaluga, Russia
Dimensions
22x14 cm
Technique
typographic printing
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K. Tsiolkovsky
Scientific work ‘Resistance of air and fast train’
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The name of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky for millions of people is firmly connected with space rockets. However, it is not widely known that the famous scientist was involved not only in interplanetary but also in terrestrial transport. 

Thus, in a small brochure ‘Resistance of Air and Fast Train’ dated 1927, Tsiolkovsky presented for the first time in the world’s scientific literature a draft of the flying train, provided its blueprints and diagrams and made the required calculations. 

The scientist explained the technology of such transport as follows. An air cushion is created between the train carriages and the pavement of the road. It is continuously supplied with air to compensate for leaks through the narrow outer slot. The train rests on the thin cushion, and it is moving on it as well. And the rails become just the guides that keep the train from going off the track.

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“The engines pump in the air that spreads in the narrow gap between the car and the road. It lifts the train several millimeters and breaks free on the edges of the base of the car. The latter no longer touches the rails, but hangs on a thin layer of air and experiences only a very minor air friction like a flying object. Work is needed to pump in the air… It”s not a lot, while the lift power can be huge and we get the ability to reach enormous speeds. As a result, the train by inertia overcomes all the slopes and climbs all the mountains. This makes it possible to fantasize that, over time, it will leap across rivers, ravines and mountains of all sizes. There will be no need for bridges, tunnels and large earthworks. No need, of course, for wheels and lubricants, ”
wrote Tsiolkovsky
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After the publication of the article, the scientist created many more papers devoted to the theory, calculation, design and testing of various hovercraft. Using this technology, he designed, for example, watercraft and rovers.

However, between the release of Tsiolkovsky’s article and the creation of the first air-cushion transport, several decades passed. Nevertheless, the interest in this technology has rapidly subsided, and such vehicles have not yet been properly developed and distributed.
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Поезд на воздушной подушке Циолковского
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Схема поезда на воздушной подушке
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Scientific work "Resistance of air and fast trai

Creation period
1927 year
Place of сreation
Kaluga, Russia
Dimensions
22x14 cm
Technique
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