Vought Track Air Cushion Vehicle

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Some non aircraft/missile drawings from the Vought Archives of a proposed TACV - Track Air Cushion Vehicle. Apparently there as a model similar to this design shown at Transpo '72.

An article on the similar (but built) Rohr TACV is at: https://sites.google.com/site/rohraerotrain/

Enjoy the Day! Mark
 

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Wow! That's looks like something straight out of a scifi movie.
 
Vaguely reminiscent of this.
 

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fredymac said:
Vaguely reminiscent of this.

but instead of Lockheed Terrastar wheels,

Vought Track Air Cushion Vehicle is build for dual use
once traditional rails and concrete monorail like French Aerotrain
Ceci est juste un exemple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il2wMe6Hwz8
 
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/xuoqww/the_rohr_aerotrain_something_my_dad_helped_design/


The rohraerotrain site also includes info on the other two primary HSGT contractors as of 1971:
Also in 1968, the UMTA began asking for bids from various aerospace companies around the world to build high-speed vehicles for the U.S. All sorts of companies had an aerospace division in the late 1960's. Especially in the U.S., which was working on sending astronauts to the moon of all places. So of course Rohr knew it had the right vehicle for the UMTA contract and thus put in its bid for it.

In 1969, Westinghouse Electric Corp. was doing studies investigating the power needs for 300 mph tracked air-cushion vehicles, 250 mph linear induction motor-driven rail vehicles, 250 mph wheel-driven vehicles, and 200 mph wheel-driven rail vehicles. Areas of study were on power systems, power distribution, power collection, and power conditioning.

Eventually in 1971, the UTMA selected three aerospace companies as candidates for a new high-speed ground transportation (HSGT) system to solve the future's traffic problem:

  • Garrett Corp.
  • Grumman Aerospace Corp.
  • Rohr Industries, Inc.
 
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