| Perhaps you have not heard the Japanese now | | | | an earthquake and the Japanese have already |
| have a bullet train that exceeds 250 mph. | | | | thought about that too. The bullet train has |
| The only problem is that takes a long time to | | | | spoilers, which come out like giant Japanese |
| slow down, so it doesn't reach Top Speed on | | | | fans to break the air and slow the train down |
| every trip or stay at those Top Speed for | | | | as much as 10 mph per second and back down to |
| very long. But its speed is what you need | | | | 55 mph, when the brakes kick in hard.The |
| then this bullet train is best of breed.The | | | | nosecone of the bullet train is over 52 feet |
| previous fastest bullet trains ran at 125 | | | | long in order to shape the airflows so they |
| miles an hour in Japan between our Osaka and | | | | will streamline along the body at those high |
| Tokyo. But the French with their TGV bullet | | | | rates of speed. Engineers say that the |
| train has run at a top speed of 218 mph. But | | | | bullet train is even more stable at high |
| this new Japanese bullet train runs | | | | speed due to the relative wind and special |
| consistently at 223 mph on a daily basis with | | | | shaping of the airflows. Consider this in |
| a top speed of 250 mph.Of course in Japan, | | | | 2006. |
| you will have to slow down quick if there is | | | | |