Test Results of Rail Top Plastic Trays as a Means of Programmed Water Braking for Monorail Rocket Sleds

摘要

Tests were conducted to determine the feasibility and practicability of using water-filled frangible rail-top trays to brake monorail track vehicles. This braking technique has been tested at entrance velocities of up to approximately fifteen hundred feet per second with predictable and effective results. (Author)