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I wonder if they've fixed the basic engineering errors from the first proposal: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/08/hyperloop/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-
by minikites 10y ago
I wonder if they've fixed the basic engineering errors from the first proposal: http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/08/hyperloop/ http://www.leancrew.com/all-this/2013/08/hyperloop/
> Neither of these is possible for the Hyperloop because the high speed of the capsule zooming along inside it means the pipe curves have to be very gentle. How, I wondered, is Musk going to solve the thermal expansion problem?
> The answer turned out to be simple: he didn’t. There’s some hand waving and, possibly, a complete misunderstanding of how thermal expansion acts, but no actual solution.
The rest of the article is a deep dive into the problems with the earlier Hyperloop proposal.
- pitaj 10y agoThat appears to be old. The official proposal by his engineers was released, where every criticism I've heard has been addressed. Here's a playlist of videos rebutting some common claims against the hyperloop: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSPi1JFx4_-Gz0Fm0qq2KUz4c22UbZCco https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSPi1JFx4_-Gz0Fm0qq2K...
- minikites 10y agoInteresting, thank you.