The Hyperloop Pod Competition Competition

The Hyperloop Pod Competition Competition

The project of a futuristic Hyperloop transport system has become even one step closer to its practical implementation due to the competition of the Hyperloop Pod Competition, which was held last weekend at the University of Texas A&M. In this competition attracted 115 teams, each of which will present to the jury his version of the construction of passenger capsules for the transport system. The winner was the team of Massachusetts technological Institute, which, along with 22 teams, will produce a full-sized prototype of the passenger capsule, which is in the middle of this year will take part in a trial on the experimental area of the transport system Hyperloop.

Although the idea of creating a Hyperloop transport system is owned by Elon musk, founder and head of the company SpaceX and Tesla Motors, these companies are not directly involved in the development of the transport system. Instead, Elon Musk through competitions encourages teams of third party developers, generating ideas and developing design solutions parts of the system in which pipes with low vacuum at the speed of 1200 kilometers per hour will move a passenger capsule.

The construction of the passenger capsule

The Hyperloop Pod Competition Competition

Since such a large project involves several young companies that began work on the creation of test sites highways and passenger capsules. Capsule, developed by specialists of the Massachusetts Institute of technology, is a 250-pound vehicle, whose body is made of carbon fiber and polycarbonate plastic. Magnetic system in which there are 20 neodymium magnets, capable of lifting the capsule with cargo to a height of 15 millimeters from the surface of the highway.

When the pressure in the pipe line 140 PA, the capsule will accelerate with an acceleration of 2.4 g, but for emergency situations it provides an emergency braking system that automatically stops the capsule in case of any malfunction. For movement in the event of a problem and movement in the vicinity of the landing stations at the banal capsule has wheels on which it can move forward or backward at a speed of 1 meter per second.

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The whole system works automatically without interference from the operator. All wheels are steered at low to medium speeds reducing tyre wear, while at higher speeds the last two axle lines gradually change to nearly rigid resulting in better stability.

Statement Of Elon Musk

The Hyperloop Pod Competition Competition

However, the victory of the team from mit in a competition and the prize for Best Overall Design Award does not guarantee that the capsules exactly this design will be used in the final versions of the transport system Hyperloop. However, all the knowledge, expertise and design solutions obtained during the creation and testing of prototypes of the capsules will be available to everyone and can be used in the development of new technologies from other areas.

As mentioned above, the winners Hyperloop Pod Competition began 22 teams, including a team from the University of Washington, Carnegie-Malone, University of Waterloo, etc. All these teams will participate in the next stage of the competition, which made them the prototypes of the capsules will be the real test on 1.6-km stretch of Hyperloop, which is currently under construction near the headquarters of the company SpaceX in California.