I am saying this, because if an Autopia were to be built like I planned, it would be cutting edge technology but many guests would never notice.
Basically there would be 2 levels. An underground storage building and the track above. The place could be themed to any tommorowland and the track could vary greatly.
The cars- Each car will contain a computer to process information from a control tower, I will get to this later. But the main thing about the individual cars is that they are all Fuel Cell powered. This means that the cars would not need to be refueled for days, but it also means they can run at higher speeds without running out of fuel. The car design would have a nice low center of gravity, with bumpers on the sides so nobody gets hurt.
The Track- It can really be of many designs but instead of having guide rails, the track would be like that of go karts. Special transmitter computers will be located at every turn and staitaway. Special edging would be used to protect from accidents.
Now here is the amazing part. A central control tower will be located on the course. This tower aquires constant data from each individual car as well as track data for each section. The tower then sends data to each car and tells them the max speed for each section. Say there is a long strait-away, well then the cars will be allowed for a nice fast speed. Now say there is a hairpin turn emmediatly after, well the computer would tell the car to slow down to a nice safe speed so there is no accident. Also, if there is a high number of cars on track or waiting to unload, the computer would tell the cars on the track to slowdown a certain percentage so that the congestion can ease. Also, say if the computer were to malfunction on a car or a track section. Well, then the car would automatically be set to a max speed of 5mph so no problems are caused and the cars around will be set to a similar speed so there are no accidents. The car then, when it reaches the loading dock, would be brought underground to be repaired. This also will help for loading and unloading.
Loading/unloading:
There will still be 4 rows of loading but the computer would control the cars forward at this part so that loading is faster. Basically, 4 people would load in their cars at a time and then move forward to the starting line waiting for a green light. While they are waiting, the cars behind would be moved forward to loadthemselves. Now when the cars return to the final strech, yellow lights will tell to slow down and the cars will then slowdown as the track slowly becomes one lane. Here then the computer takes full control and each car is sorted into the 4 lanes. Now for bringing more cars/removing cars, there would be special loader blocks for each lane. These would be miniature elevators that can bring the cars from and to storage.
Now if this ride were to be built, it would be expensive and basically be like Tokyo's Pooh ride. But the efficience of the ride would be great if it is kept in good condition with everything working. Only park that could handle this ride right now would be the Tokyo one who would be willing to pay for maintenence and such. But it will probably still be a decade before this ride can be done and maybe another 10 before it would be easy and cheap to do. But essentially it could take up half the room of the Indy Speedway and it would be healthier and better than every way. Only problem then would be lawyers waiting for accidents to happen but if the computer system is always working perfectly, that should never happen.
Basically there would be 2 levels. An underground storage building and the track above. The place could be themed to any tommorowland and the track could vary greatly.
The cars- Each car will contain a computer to process information from a control tower, I will get to this later. But the main thing about the individual cars is that they are all Fuel Cell powered. This means that the cars would not need to be refueled for days, but it also means they can run at higher speeds without running out of fuel. The car design would have a nice low center of gravity, with bumpers on the sides so nobody gets hurt.
The Track- It can really be of many designs but instead of having guide rails, the track would be like that of go karts. Special transmitter computers will be located at every turn and staitaway. Special edging would be used to protect from accidents.
Now here is the amazing part. A central control tower will be located on the course. This tower aquires constant data from each individual car as well as track data for each section. The tower then sends data to each car and tells them the max speed for each section. Say there is a long strait-away, well then the cars will be allowed for a nice fast speed. Now say there is a hairpin turn emmediatly after, well the computer would tell the car to slow down to a nice safe speed so there is no accident. Also, if there is a high number of cars on track or waiting to unload, the computer would tell the cars on the track to slowdown a certain percentage so that the congestion can ease. Also, say if the computer were to malfunction on a car or a track section. Well, then the car would automatically be set to a max speed of 5mph so no problems are caused and the cars around will be set to a similar speed so there are no accidents. The car then, when it reaches the loading dock, would be brought underground to be repaired. This also will help for loading and unloading.
Loading/unloading:
There will still be 4 rows of loading but the computer would control the cars forward at this part so that loading is faster. Basically, 4 people would load in their cars at a time and then move forward to the starting line waiting for a green light. While they are waiting, the cars behind would be moved forward to loadthemselves. Now when the cars return to the final strech, yellow lights will tell to slow down and the cars will then slowdown as the track slowly becomes one lane. Here then the computer takes full control and each car is sorted into the 4 lanes. Now for bringing more cars/removing cars, there would be special loader blocks for each lane. These would be miniature elevators that can bring the cars from and to storage.
Now if this ride were to be built, it would be expensive and basically be like Tokyo's Pooh ride. But the efficience of the ride would be great if it is kept in good condition with everything working. Only park that could handle this ride right now would be the Tokyo one who would be willing to pay for maintenence and such. But it will probably still be a decade before this ride can be done and maybe another 10 before it would be easy and cheap to do. But essentially it could take up half the room of the Indy Speedway and it would be healthier and better than every way. Only problem then would be lawyers waiting for accidents to happen but if the computer system is always working perfectly, that should never happen.
