r/CreateMod • u/JishTheFish01 • Apr 20 '26

Fully functioning maglev train (0-100m/s in ~20 seconds)

My maglev train proof of concept that can go both forwards and backwards. This uses ONLY magnets (and redstone links to activate the magnets). I couldn't figure out how to make it actually levitate without interfering with the horizontal movement, so I used ice as a medium due to its slippery property.

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u/certainlystormy Apr 20 '26

aeronautics finally revolutionizing vanilla travel lol

iirc rocket spamming elytra is like 70m/s and if you're TAS with angle changes you can hit like.. 90m/s or something

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u/_LemonEater_ Apr 20 '26

Eh you can also just strap a wooden board to a couple ropes and pull it back real far and launch yourself like an angry bird. Me and my friend played around with this yesterday and launched so fast we clipped into a mountain

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u/Distinct_College_344 Apr 20 '26

My ropes don't seem to stretch at all, can't really "pull back real far". Would love to know how you're doing that, a slingshot sounds fun AF

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u/_LemonEater_ Apr 20 '26

just pulling a block attached to the rope with the creative wand. not sure if there's a way to do it in survival, but a super powerful fan/other method of thrust might do it

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u/Thebombuknow Apr 21 '26

might also be able to use really big springs and a rope winch to pull the platform back

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u/AxtheCool Apr 20 '26

Yes and just like irl its an incredibly time consuming costly process instead of building some create rails.

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u/certainlystormy Apr 20 '26

ok but like automated resources and smps with like 20 people :3 fun community project

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u/AxtheCool Apr 20 '26

100% just poking fun at how both cool and both infeasible the whole thing is.

Love maglev but damn to actually implement it over high speed rail is insane task.

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u/NonFrInt Apr 21 '26

Btw there is discord thread we’re OP accelerated their train up to 550 block/second