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No, well, the progress is clear. A train? Big, unwieldy, slowly accelerates, slowly brakes, needs rails. The driver doesn't feel his machine well: the head never knows what state the tail is in. Most passengers don't even think about what they owe their movement to... Conclusion? Too little individuality, too little flexibility, so not great.
This... Thing? Smaller in size, holds only 4-6 people, the horses get a rest (although, that depends on how you look at it, is it a plus—horses need to do something useful too), cross-country capability is much higher, and it's not just rails here! But the roads need to be smooth; you can't send it onto a battlefield. Speed could also use some work—it's decent for now, but due to the machine's heavy weight, it might be better.
So, the next step? Let's extrapolate, extrapolate, plus use the experience we have... Probably, someone from a more industrial world might think the next step should be a motorcycle or, at the very least, a motorized bicycle (which is roughly the same thing), but........
"I'll need to send the new plans to the journal later, oh yes! A chain-driven vehicle, using the principle of my swords and a scaled-up engine based on Master Quant's technologies! A chain will definitely be better than wheels both in cross-country capability and speed, though I'll need to very carefully select the number and radius of the gears, and also experiment with transmissions—I think for different terrain types I'll need to find a balance between cross-country capability and speed, but that's fine, we'll figure it out. Ugh, I hope nothing happens today, then I can get started....... Without setting aside other projects, of course."
This... Thing? Smaller in size, holds only 4-6 people, the horses get a rest (although, that depends on how you look at it, is it a plus—horses need to do something useful too), cross-country capability is much higher, and it's not just rails here! But the roads need to be smooth; you can't send it onto a battlefield. Speed could also use some work—it's decent for now, but due to the machine's heavy weight, it might be better.
So, the next step? Let's extrapolate, extrapolate, plus use the experience we have... Probably, someone from a more industrial world might think the next step should be a motorcycle or, at the very least, a motorized bicycle (which is roughly the same thing), but........
This is Erephir, what are you talking about
"I'll need to send the new plans to the journal later, oh yes! A chain-driven vehicle, using the principle of my swords and a scaled-up engine based on Master Quant's technologies! A chain will definitely be better than wheels both in cross-country capability and speed, though I'll need to very carefully select the number and radius of the gears, and also experiment with transmissions—I think for different terrain types I'll need to find a balance between cross-country capability and speed, but that's fine, we'll figure it out. Ugh, I hope nothing happens today, then I can get started....... Without setting aside other projects, of course."