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Hyperloop Initial Propulsion Test Success.

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday May 12 2016, @07:21AM   
from the superfast! dept.

frojack writes:

According to early reports the Hyperloop's initial tests (open air tests) were a success at their test track in North Las Vegas. Image.

It didn't go far but it did work. A metal sled accelerated from zero to 116 mph in 1.1 seconds, or about 2.4 Gs of force. It traveled little more than 100 meters, then stopped, kicking up a cloud of sand in the process.

The Verge has a couple articles Here, before the test and test pictures here.

Pencilled in for Q4 2016, however, is what the company is describing as its "Kitty Hawk" moment - a reference to the Wright Brother's first flight - where it plans to run a full-scale test track. Expected to be more than two miles of low-pressure tube, the pod inside should run at over 700 mph if all goes as planned.

Even if the system scales as Hyperloop One expects it to, human passengers may not be welcome, at least initially. The company is looking to cargo transportation as the most likely use for a commercial Hyperloop system - presumably because boxes and crates are less fragile than families - with interest already from a number of countries in a potential logistics system that would run through tubes and underground tunnels.

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• Re: so easy to damage Re: so easy to damage (Score: 3, Insightful) by Joe Desertrat on Thursday May 12 2016, @04:38PM

  by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Thursday May 12 2016, @04:38PM (#345304)

  Yeah, i think we agree. Lots of things could be sabotaged easily, and they haven't been.
  The reason?
      I'd say mostly because of the ineptitude of our so-called "freedom haters" bug-a-boo.

  Maybe there are not really all that many "freedom haters"?

  "But hey, let's all do nothing new in case the scary terrorists use it against us, let's live our lives paralysed by fear, that's the way to beat terrorism, right?"
  I'm sure that's sarcasm, but I'm not sure who it's directed to. Where are the people who are paralyzed? Surely this endeavor is contrary evidence.

  Judging by the many responses to this article who are immediately claiming that it will be a target for terrorists, there are a lot of people who are, if not paralyzed, at least fearful enough to raise strong objections.

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• Re: so easy to damage (Score: 2) by patella.whack on Thursday May 26 2016, @07:04AM

  by patella.whack (3848) on Thursday May 26 2016, @07:04AM (#351122)

  Hey Joe,
  (where you going with gun in your hand?)

  Seriously though, I think we're in agreement,
  too many people paralyzed with fear.

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