Gyro monorail Ⅶ

[@AleasCrawanGP]

Nice, a model gyro monorail! It's fascinating to think that Louis Phillip Brennan patented this concept well over a century ago, in 1903.

[@willyonastick30]

Weird huh

[@bow_wow_wow]

I feel like nothing truly unique has been made since the 60's

[@Ben-mw9vz]

@@bow_wow_wowFusion reactors? We got one in the works

[@jedimasternoob]

even weirder to think they had full scale models that worked

[@eduardoanonimo3031]

​​@@Ben-mw9vzcall me when it really work...

[@CGHawkatoo]

This concept was back in 1910, and there was even a full-sized working train. It was unfortunately scrapped due to the requirements for each and every train car to rely on a series of gyros.

[@A1ien62]

Посчитали, что дешевле и лучше использовать два рельса, чем обслуживать гироскоп и тратить на его раскрутку энергию.

[@AnimatorJuusoz]

@@A1ien62 Why do you reply in Russian if the original comment was in English?

[@akirasakuchi]

​@@AnimatorJuusozKarena tidak semua orang bisa menggunakan bahasa Inggris

[@A1ien62]

​@@AnimatorJuusozпотому, что KZbin даёт возможность перевести с любого языка одним нажатием пальца под комментарием.

[@CGHawkatoo]

@@AnimatorJuusoz Use Google translate. 🤡

[@SBBCFFFFSRE460]

自然と振り子式も実現できているようで素晴らしい！

[@DMR-01-QSERF]

Shut up Chinese no one loves you

[@10000kri]

確かに自然式振り子()

[@a_ru_R_0614]

急におすすめに出てきた

[@MyNameIsChristBringsASword]

Invented in 1910 and still waiting for it to arrive The Gyro only needs to be powered once every 30 minutes to keep level so every stop gives it some spin that lasts between stops. No need for internal power to keep it level. What a fantastic view of the future that never materialized.

[@camofpv]

sad really. greed over common good

[@Redstreblo420]

Check yourself before you wreck yourself. No, that's not quite right. The Gyro Monorail required power to operate the pair of powered gyros to remain level. *It had enough reserve battery power to remain level for 30 minutes, which provides ample time to deploy the stabilizing legs.* The project failed because investors were nervous about stability and cost concerns.

[@catgaeming2025]

but that was like 1910? im sure we got better technology now@@Redstreblo420

[@gufo_tave]

@@Redstreblo420 Also, a monorail force EVERY car to have a gyro inside, not just the engine. This means that the train became more complex and inefficient. So is not greed over common good. They just used the KISS principle.

[@lonelymelon6623]

@@camofpv Not really, more common sense. While being able to negotiate tighter corners and potentially being cheaper to build, it also requires powered gyroscopes in pretty every carriage, as well as needing to build support frames at every station and in every siding to keep idle carriages and wagons upright. What would happen if those gyroscope systems were to break in transit? Since two-railed trains were already everywhere at the time (and are now), there aren't really any advantages that justify replacing a perfectly adequate and mechanically much simpler system.

[@RailsofForney]

Even over a decade later, this is possibly the coolest Brennan Monorail recreation I’ve ever seen.

[@papablueshirt]

Can't believe how stable it is in the turns. This is amazing.

[@NiranjanDecember]

So fascinating to see a gyro toy train. Wish the tracks were long enough for a more excitement.

[@timgiles9413]

Including stops

[@1.618_Murphy]

Louis Brennan was totally ahead of his time! A hundred years later, now we're appreciating his invention - companies like BMW are using his concept in their modern-day bikes. My man deserved the best.

[@takashi3180]

すっげええ　大学入ったらこういうのしよう

[@LeonidJP92]

Wait... In Japan universities is a little bit useless too?

[@qitaochi]

ワロタ

[@RailsofForney]

Couldn’t agree more!

[@Rii530]

ワロタ

[@s23273231]

ワロタ

[@jwdchapala]

excellent model and example, thank you for sharing!

[@SteamCheese1]

This is so darn cool. I read about it but this is my first time seeing a functional model.

[@Gagome00011]

おお、凄い‼写真でしか見たことない列車が模型になってるΣ(゜Д゜)凄い‼

[@z30_HUNGARY]

The spin-up of the gyro sounds like a real electric train starting up! :D

[@dougharlow6037]

really a neat model!!! I've never seen one before. Thanks

[@viewer7200]

This is beyond fantastic. I am also making DIY trains, but not as genius as this one.

[@johnnynephrite6147]

This video perfectly demonstrates the inherent problems and limitations with the concept.

[@2150dalek]

That train sounds like it's anxious for a drag strip to really groove.

[@SoilantGreen]

This is GLORIOUS!

[@drgeoffangel5422]

The German overhead monorail that was also about early 1900's made, and is still running today. Now obviously the biggest cost to a railway system like this, is the massively high infrastructure required to suspend the train cars, over the roads below. No gyros are needed though. How about the same idea but the overhead rail is much lower, in fact, where the train and its cars run, is in an open continuous ditch, not a tunnel, so that there only small pylons that poke outside the ditch and suspend the train. This could be done on existing railway lines, ie replacing the existing system, and would permit faster trains to run, as they would automatically lean into corners. Furthermore, there could be special ditch running tractors that run inside the ditch to clear away debris and snow, before the train runs. Thus also a less intrusive, quieter, train system could be developed , whereby the banks of the ditch would be planted and green. Faster leaning trains and low operating costs and low cost maintenance, with less stoppages could be achieved by correct design! Just a thought, from a retired mechanical engineer!

[@-CBA-]

LOVE IT

[@thefrub]

I think the biggest reason this never became reality is that every car needs a gyroscope to stay upright. Current train cars are just slabs with wheels on them hooked together, you can't beat that simplicity

[@anthonytimpson4975]

did you just watch that video explaining these too?

[@deafOregonian]

Derailings wouldn't exi......

[@noname-oq5tj]

ギョロモノレール？→ウィーン→あ、ジャイロか！

[@mumblety]

Why are the truly futuristic inventions ones that were made over a century ago but got scrapped. Love the model!

[@スーですまぁあんちゃん]

ナイス👍😊

[@Kharnellius]

I love Christmas morning. It’s so peaceful watching the kids play with thei…OH MY G REEEEEEEEEEE

[@lennytheleopard]

I saw a video on this. The engineering for it's day was incredible. Well done on the model.

[@LoganAnimates_Official]

“HOLY CRAP, LOIS THE MODEL SCALE GYROSCOPE MONORAIL WORKS”

[@PCrailfan3790]

Anyone else getting this recommended randomly after 11 years

[@vejet]

It's like something I'd expect to see in Bioshock, not reality O_O

[@rs17420]

Can not believe it?

[@vejet]

Nope, impossiblu!

[@aydenlokey3641]

would you believe that this was also patented in 1903?

[@high1voltage1rules]

Great toy” 👍😉 Why didn’t you show us inside the train to see the workings of the gyro?

[@xaiano794]

Very cool model!

[@Sydy.Ch4n]

11 Years later and I still find it so impressive, Gyroscopes are such a wonderful invention, why did we just abandoned them like that intead of embracing their use?!

[@drivetechrgaszomatorider665]

LIKE A GOOD EXPLANATION AND MODEL OF GYRO MONORAIL

[@kansaiwarai]

ジローって何やねんておもったらジャイロのことだった

[@denizsogutlu2070]

Great model, brilliant!

[@brahmbandyopadhyay]

Nice! Learnt about it a few days ago in the Primal Space video

[@bibekdas7449]

Interesting model! I wish they had actually worked on this technology... Imagine electric gyro monorails today!

[@JurekOK]

The fact that you can do something, does not imply that you should.

[@victorkazi8172]

走った姿見て一言目 「あ、はーっ！？」^^;(笑)

[@andrewjenery1783]

Great concept but must keep the gyro spinning to keep upright.

[@electricheisenberg5723]

Look up “Brennan monorail”. The vacuum seal kept the gyro*S* spinning for 30+ minutes without power

[@JayVariety]

Pretty cool!

[@LCOfficerUNIT097]

This invention was so effective, but yet each railcar needed a gyro, so it failed in the end, but in theory it was so successful

[@fredphipps9452]

Very impressive!

[@tfwthatfeel9929]

1:16 *Deja Vu I've just been in this place before*

[@louiscklaw]

amazing !!!

[@tr4nson]

Very nice video, very nice model (I love it 😍), if you add a video with working gyroscopes when the train is riding it will be amazing 🤩.

[@P61guy61]

Beautiful model. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@shy_dodecahedron]

I feel like train toys should be 80% rails.

[@zaheerzaheer2203]

Amazing 😮

[@Anton-Belajew-2025-Shape]

This is nice! The first Turbo Monorail.... Coool

[@joakimsiljelind118]

What a sound. Imagine the headache...😅

[@Ngoro-sj2wb]

Вот это пепелац!))) кин-дза-дза отдыхает

[@Spart10547]

Hello, this comment is in 2024, i see nothing had changed in the English languge over the years, your comments are a great mark on youtube history, for now, let it all rest

[@samuelbhend2521]

Cool! a Model of the Brennan Monorail from 1910! There were also Gyroscopic driven Buses, I think in the 60's(?) which had the somewhat 6t heavy Gyro spin up to a astronomically high Number of Revolutions and then could drive with that energy for some Kilometers before needing a Busstop with overhead Power to spin it up again.... If I'm informed correctly, there are still some of these in use somewhere in Africa...

[@vitale6633]

That is so Cool !

[@Gaphalor]

Tolles Modell!

[@robertofuentes6884]

Amazing!

[@indrajeetyeddala4375]

So amazing

[@ashleyschultz-ks4zg]

That is so cool great work 👍😁

[@Latheman666]

Very cool!

[@princezsshorts3209]

very cool but the track needs to be longer

[@Ichibuns]

Gyroscopes have been used for centuries and are very common. However, the size of gyro required for a full size monorail would be terrifying. Imagine sitting in monorail cart with a high speed spinning disk weighing a few thousand pounds nearby. If it broke loose, not much would be able to stop it.

[@SteamCheese1]

There was one built in England. Called the Turbo Monorail.

[@roopeshkrishna34]

Excellent work..!

[@SB5SimulationsFerroviairesEEP]

Merci du partage! Stéph.

[@dango_3color]

これどういう仕組みなん？すごい...

[@ネモジャ]

ジャイロスコープってやつです！

[@488ferrari5]

自転車乗れますよね？

[@Rivenworld]

Lovely looking train, love the whole monorail thing, superb!

[@CAESARbonds]

Great model :-)

[@abhishekak9619]

This is bussin

[@hayleycakes3435]

This is a very nice model

[@ЛёхаЛис]

This could be a real train in XXth century. So exciting! I hope the technology will be revised some day and use some small antigravity mechanisms instead of those huge and rapidly-rotating gyro-rotors inside the carriage. 👍👍👍

[@ralpha679]

Brennan would be proud

[@taiyoarata6763]

Longer line around the room please.

[@dragonmares59110]

Impressive model !

[@flcatho2150]

Bravo ! c'est très beau !

[@johnsergei]

The passengers would be very giddy by now.

[@critterIMHO]

This is beyond cool.

[@Razzer1356]

Nice looking rail system you made . Does this use one or two gyroscopes ? I understand someone made plans for these for a Japanese railroading magazine " was that you ? " and AkubilR wrote the articles . Is there an english language version ? I haven't been able to find it over here in America .

[@electricheisenberg5723]

It has to use two. If it uses one, it shouldn’t be able to turn.

[@Angelthewolf]

It uses two, otherwise it‘d fly off in the curves

[@demej00]

@@electricheisenberg5723 My gyroscopic two wheeler uses a single rotor and turns left and right: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4bJmZaFl7V1m6c

[@LegjobbNap]

Very cool model, and the video ended like movie: Inception :)

[@MsTuring]

우와 11년전 영상인데 이렇게 우수할 수가......

[@tracynation2820]

Awesome. 💙 T.E.N.

[@Alexander_Gurov_RF]

It seems like the famous Brennan's gyro locomotive.

[@CyberKnightX21]

It's great to see how the monorail leans into the turns. But that tracks obviously way too short. You should put it on top of an electrical wire and see how many miles it gets. Lol

[@ChessieSystem1973]

Wow, impressive

[@stephengordon5754]

That’s cool!

[@VikPaints]

Very clever design.

[@quipara6425]

ギロモノレイルてなんやねん思たら、ジャイロモノレールか。 これはパナソニックの力ですね

[@johnaston3983]

The world's loudest clock in the background

[@austinmetro6317]

Fantastic. I love it😊. Great model making. 😊

[@onemanband3579]

excellent

[@ufoengines]

Very Cool! I'm sure it be a big seller here in the U.S. .

[@ApocalypseofMichael]

Brilliant!

[@Maniacguy2777]

Why are beautiful inventions not famous and life killing inventions famous?

[@hernanj1599]

Homer s. "I CALL THE BIG ONE BITEY...." 😂😂😂😂😂

[@ewertoncondedamattamachado1277]

Fantastic techology!

[@konordjon1967]

Зачетно, подумывают такой в H0 сделать.

[@ВованПёс]

Monorail in ps1 "the fifth element" be like:

[@忠康-c9z]

実際あったとしても車輪が減ったぶん耐久性は結構落ちそうやな

[@johnsamu]

Although a great concept it has some important disadvantages. The needed spinning power is effectively wasted energy because it's not used for the locomotion of the vehicle. When the load isn't equially divided between left and right side there could be stability issues or an increased stabilisation need aka more wasted energy. There are also more issues like the need for stabilisation in each carriage therefore complex and expensive to build. The ADvantage could be a more simple ONE rail line but this would hardly equilize the disadvantages because building a railsystem is a one time investment (excluding maintenance) but trains are continiously needed and replaced.

[@christiangeiselmann]

Bravo!

[@vnktravi]

fantastic model, thanks for sharing