Why The World's Fastest Train Looks So Weird

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Whenever I saw videos of the world's fastest train, the SCMaglev from Japan, I always wondered why it had such a long nose? The front is much longer than other trains, but was this just for a futuristic look? Well, it turns out this nose has an important purpose that came from a unexpected natural origin, the kingfisher.

#highspeedtrain #breakthrough #maglev

Video inspiration:
[Mustard] https://youtu.be/-MmcQKE12Hg?si=9lCI2ytFGBUbd-Sl
[Real Engineering] https://youtu.be/S4L_0CDsd1I?si=DR7QvhAYCRlbehLi
[Vox] https://youtu.be/iMtXqTmfta0?si=2vFthLyqlExsTRF7

Sources:
[Train Biomimicry] https://www.matec-conferences.org/articles/matecconf/abs/2017/49/matecconf_icme2017_00019/matecconf_icme2017_00019.html
[Piston Effect] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston_effect
[JR East Train Design] https://www.jreast.co.jp/e/development/theme/speed/speed03.html

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:05 An Unexpected Problem
03:22 Take a Listen
03:43 Explanation
04:30 The Solution

Thanks for watching!

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