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> "The pod has been pressurized to minimize the G forces effects on a passenger" Anyone's got an idea what they meant with that?

nielsole 11y ago
> Suprastudio’s students suggested pods pressurized like airplanes to reduce G forces They even put it in there twice.
- Mvandenbergh 11y ago
  They could put it in as many times as they like, it doesn't make any sense.
unwind 11y ago
They're are trying to communicate, in a humorous way, that they have absolutely no grasp of physics and will report anything that sounds cool, and thus are best ignored if you're looking for actual news and facts about a project like this. That's my take, at least ...
lumberjack 11y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit I guess it's the same concept.
- masklinn 11y ago
  That makes no sense, the point of pressurising a G-suit is to physically press on the pilot's lower body and drive blood towards the upper body, think adaptive high-pressure compression stocking. Pressurising the cabin can have no such effect. Plus the point of G-suit is high-G manoeuvres, not linear acceleration or deceleration: untrained humans can handle 17g eyeballs in and 12g eyeballs out for several minutes versus instants of 4~6 g along other axis, Stapp's work demonstrated that properly restrained humans could walk away from 46G eyeballs out (decelerating while facing forwards)
  - venomsnake 11y ago
    But we actually may use a G-seats. You enter the seat, it wraps around you. It may break your neck on sudden deceleration though.
    - masklinn 11y ago
      > But we actually may use a G-seats. For what purpose? A souped up train isn't going to do high-g manoeuvres. > It may break your neck on sudden deceleration though. The only deceleration for which that'd happen is an explosive one where you'd dismantle the carriage into a wall (and even then it's unlikely to break your neck), and a broken neck would be the least of your worries.
venomsnake 11y ago
That Markov's chains are almost ready to take over this journalist's job ...
kozak 11y ago
You would feel less airsick if the pressure in an airplane cabin was the same as on ground. I think they mean that Hyperloop will maintain the outside pressure inside the pod (not a smaller one), and that will reduce acceleration sickness compared to airplane travel.
mattlutze 11y ago
Most interviews I've seen with project leads on the Hyperloop, they explain that they pressurize the pods to counter the vacuum in the tube, and relate it to how airplanes are pressurized. I imagine the author mixed that and a discussion of acceleration mixed together.

nielsole 11y ago

> Suprastudio’s students suggested pods pressurized like airplanes to reduce G forces They even put it in there twice.

Mvandenbergh 11y ago
They could put it in as many times as they like, it doesn't make any sense.

unwind 11y ago

They're are trying to communicate, in a humorous way, that they have absolutely no grasp of physics and will report anything that sounds cool, and thus are best ignored if you're looking for actual news and facts about a project like this. That's my take, at least ...

lumberjack 11y ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit I guess it's the same concept.

masklinn 11y ago
That makes no sense, the point of pressurising a G-suit is to physically press on the pilot's lower body and drive blood towards the upper body, think adaptive high-pressure compression stocking. Pressurising the cabin can have no such effect. Plus the point of G-suit is high-G manoeuvres, not linear acceleration or deceleration: untrained humans can handle 17g eyeballs in and 12g eyeballs out for several minutes versus instants of 4~6 g along other axis, Stapp's work demonstrated that properly restrained humans could walk away from 46G eyeballs out (decelerating while facing forwards)
- venomsnake 11y ago
  But we actually may use a G-seats. You enter the seat, it wraps around you. It may break your neck on sudden deceleration though.
  - masklinn 11y ago
    > But we actually may use a G-seats. For what purpose? A souped up train isn't going to do high-g manoeuvres. > It may break your neck on sudden deceleration though. The only deceleration for which that'd happen is an explosive one where you'd dismantle the carriage into a wall (and even then it's unlikely to break your neck), and a broken neck would be the least of your worries.

venomsnake 11y ago

That Markov's chains are almost ready to take over this journalist's job ...

kozak 11y ago

You would feel less airsick if the pressure in an airplane cabin was the same as on ground. I think they mean that Hyperloop will maintain the outside pressure inside the pod (not a smaller one), and that will reduce acceleration sickness compared to airplane travel.

mattlutze 11y ago

Most interviews I've seen with project leads on the Hyperloop, they explain that they pressurize the pods to counter the vacuum in the tube, and relate it to how airplanes are pressurized. I imagine the author mixed that and a discussion of acceleration mixed together.