capsule prototype “Giperpetli” presented in Boston – BBC Russian

Image caption The capsule is being tested in a reduced size

Boston prototype capsule has been shown capable of transporting people with great speed.

Along with other companies working group composed of 30 employees at the Massachusetts Institute of technology has been researching the possibilities of creating a new type of high-speed transport, known as “Giperpetli” (Hyperloop).

This idea, first proposed the founder of Tesla Elon Musk, It means the movement of capsules with passengers and cargo inside the vacuum tube.

According to experts from the Massachusetts Institute of technology, their design of this type of transport “change our understanding of travel”.

Opponents of this concept show that the probability of its realization is low due to the extremely high cost of construction.

Published in 2013, Elon Musk proposal provided for the establishment on the basis of the transport system between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Trains in the tunnel could develop, according to the forecast mask, speed up to 1127 km / h and cover this distance in 30 minutes.

Currently, this route can be done by car in around six hours. The flight takes just under an hour.

The company SpaceX Elon Musk is planning to launch a series of tests of prototypes of such a transport system already in August this year.

In an alternative project of MIT teardrop-shaped capsule move on aluminum monorail, using powerful magnets.

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Image caption tests of the prototype of similar transport system have been far from Las Vegas last week,

So far tested reduced the size of the capsule, in that will not fit person, but according to researchers, after the completion of the full test program to scale the system will not be difficult

However, in the initial testing stages revealed a serious problem -. according to scientists, this capsule is very difficult to make change direction movements at full speed.

Chief project engineer Christopher Merian said that work on the braking systems will continue, although the principle of magnetic levitation is not in doubt.

this project was announced almost simultaneously with the news that the company named Hyperloop One conducted a successful test of a similar system in the Nevada desert.