MBB Prinzipfahrzeug
On May 6, 1971, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm presented the Prinzipfahrzeug (principle vehicle): the world's first passenger-carrying maglev based on electromagnetic attraction.
The first maglev with passengers
In 1971 the Prinzipfahrzeug proved that people can travel levitating magnetically.
In 1971, MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm) presented the Prinzipfahrzeug, publicly for the first time on May 6, 1971. It was the world's first passenger-carrying maglev to levitate using the principle of electromagnetic attraction.
It was powered by an asynchronous short-stator linear motor, so the drive was located in the vehicle. The demonstration took place on a 660-meter test track in Ottobrunn near Munich, where the Prinzipfahrzeug reached up to 90 km/h.
Later, a vehicle ran on the same track at up to 225 km/h, but it was propelled by hot-water rockets and had wheeled running gear. In 1976 the track was dismantled and scrapped.
Key facts
- Year built
- 1966–1971
- Operation
- 1971–1976
- Company
- Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB)
- Route
- 660 m test track in Ottobrunn
- System
- Asynchronous short-stator linear motor
- Air gap
- 10 mm
- Rated speed
- 85 km/h
- Maximum speed reached
- 90 km/h
- Vehicle units produced
- 1
- Total weight
- 5.2 t
- Payload
- 0.6 t
- Seats
- 4
- Standing places
- –
- Length
- 7.6 m
- Width
- 2.1 m
- Height
- 1.8 m
Today at Lokwelt Freilassing
The MBB Prinzipfahrzeug has been preserved and is on display at Lokwelt Freilassing.
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