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Fig. 4.15:Oster and his wife happily rode on a ake HTS
Maglev vehicle (left). He collaborated twice with Jia-Su
Wang and Su-Yu Wang in ETT-HTS Maglev development
in 2003–2004 (with permission).Fig. 4.16:Comparison between of the typical cross section between HTS ETT Maglev train and urban
LRV (right) [103] (from Ref. 79, with permission).
only difference is the unmanned operation at ultra-high speeds. Unfortunately, this
ultra-high-speed [105–107] HTS Maglev train project has not been approved.
Figure 4.15 is a picture of Daryl Oster and his wife, who happily took the HTS
Maglev vehicle. Oster collaborated with author twice to develop the ETT THS Maglev
vehicle in 2003 and 2004, after visiting the ASCLab in December 2002. Figure 4.16
shows a comparison between the typical cross section between HTS ETT Maglev train
and an urban LRV [103].
There are important differences between the HTS Maglev train and other Maglev
trains. The levitation and guidance of the HTS Maglev train is inherently stable, i.e. it
does not need any control device. The control technology of the HTS Maglev train
system is used only in system operation. Therefore, the HTS Maglev train is especially