A wind-powered, Magnetic rail car(?)

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What if you line Iron into the roads, giving the magnets something to repel against? That way we simply have to have magnets pushing up, and say we make multiple magnets slanted to face opposite directions, but all facing the ground to create a balanced force. That would create a levitation system wouldn't it?The only problem is that to move forward, you need to send a force directly in the opposite direction you are going, so you either need to blow wind or cause a combustion.
 
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deathbymanga said:
What if you line Iron into the roads, giving the magnets something to repel against?
Magnets do not repel against iron.
 
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deathbymanga, please do the boring reading. That will get you answers faster than making wild guesses in a web forum. This thread is done.
 

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