Elon Musk Has Posted Some 220mph Hyperloop Test Footage, And It'll Make Your Head Go Weird
See the rather blurry video above? Thatās a scaled down Hyperloop model hitting 220mph in a very short space of time.
A team of German students selected via one of Tesla CEO Elon Muskās Hyperloop competitions is behind the project, which features a 0.8 mile test tube. 220mph was as much as it could do before starting to burn, although Musk is confident that 500km/h (310mph) should be possible once a āfew tweaksā are made.
The rapid acceleration and deceleration is merely a result of the short test track. Musk Tweeted earlier this week: āFor passenger transport, this can be spread over 20+ miles, so no spilt drinks.ā
Musk has been talking about the prospect of Hyperloop for a good few years now. The idea centres around a sealed tube, allowing a magnetic levitation (or maglev) transportation vehicle to reach high speeds with minimal effort, thanks to the absence of air resistance provided by the tubeās vacuum. The aim is to have Hyperloop trains hit 1000kmh (621mph) eventually.
In July, Musk said that heād been given āverbal government approvalā for The Boring Company - a firm set up by the 46-year-old with the aim of reducing the high costs associated with tunneling - to dig a tunnel between New York City and Washington DC. A Hyperloop vehicle could apparently run between the two cities in under 30 minutes.
Itās very early days for the Hyperloop concept, and there are plenty of skeptics out there pointing out potential issues with technical feasibility, cost and safety. Whatever happens though, it should be fascinating to see the tech develop.
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That didnt make my head go weird, it made my eyes go weird
It takes a slight pressure loss or badly fit track to get desintegrated at 621 mph
If its tightly fitted to the tube though, whereās it going to go, whatās it going to hit? Worst case I can see (other than an unforeseen tunnel cave-in or a train stopped on the track) is it starts to rub on something and starts to burn which is easy to plan for with ceramic wear strips on the outside that can take the friction if that was to happen
considering that elon musk is in california the bigger problem would be earthquakes
And funniest one is that he wants the Hyperloop to go three times faster, if not more
What is near vacuum? There seems to be way too much noise and rising smoke for near vaccuum.
Theyāve gone the plaid!
His ummā¦ thing will have a Ludicrous mode
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