A near indestructable metal?

[TransformerRobot]

Sorry, I forgot about sliding to a stop. I wanted to see if I could make them as fast as these bikes:

 

 

I know they don't hover and they're enclosed, but you get the idea.

[InigoMontoya]

Another thing to keep in mind is how exactly you plan on pushing your bike to such speeds. It turns out that one of the limiting factors on the speed for wheel-driven vehicles is the friction coefficient of the tire/ground interface (and/or the structural integrity of the tires or ground). You can only push on the ground so hard before your tires start to spin. If drag accounts for that amount of force, then you can drive no faster.

 

As luck would have it, the wheel-driven land speed record is just over 700 km/hr. However, such a vehicle can't turn worth a damn and in fact attempting to turn at speed would almost certainly result in a wreck (so it would be nothing like your video).

 

You could always implement liquid breathing, like in the movie the Abyss.

True, but the technology that allowed for that has since been outlawed. Laws could, of course, be changed back. And there's still the issue of shock transmission.

 

(IIRC, the fluid in question was CFC-based.)

Edited December 25, 2011 by InigoMontoya

[TransformerRobot]

Another thing to keep in mind is how exactly you plan on pushing your bike to such speeds. It turns out that one of the limiting factors on the speed for wheel-driven vehicles is the friction coefficient of the tire/ground interface (and/or the structural integrity of the tires or ground). You can only push on the ground so hard before your tires start to spin. If drag accounts for that amount of force, then you can drive no faster.

 

As luck would have it, the wheel-driven land speed record is just over 700 km/hr. However, such a vehicle can't turn worth a damn and in fact attempting to turn at speed would almost certainly result in a wreck (so it would be nothing like your video).

 

 

True, but the technology that allowed for that has since been outlawed. Laws could, of course, be changed back. And there's still the issue of shock transmission.

 

(IIRC, the fluid in question was CFC-based.)

 

The bikes are levitated magnetically, and in the original concept they were jet propelled.

[InigoMontoya]

The bikes are levitated magnetically, and in the original concept they were jet propelled.

Then why do they have tires in your video?

 

Also, if we're talking jet propulsion at those speeds the plume behind them is going to be pretty intense.

[TransformerRobot]

My bikes don't have wheels, just the ones I showed you as an example have wheels. Sorry for the confusion.

 

This is a more accurate representation of my bikes:

 

[InigoMontoya]

I see no power source. I see no air inlets for jet power. It's as farsacle as the suit.

[TransformerRobot]

Sorry, mine aren't exactly like that one. Their power source is internal and they have air inlets, but the example does not

 

This one is closer than the last:

 

Edited December 26, 2011 by TransformerRobot