The Story of Virgin Hyperloop One

[@Salgood]

I don't think it's really a 5th mode, it's a form of train that runs in an enclosed space.

[@TheMhalpern]

Well technically they aren't trains, trains imply multiple cars linked together...

[@Salgood]

Michael Halpern ok, to be exacting, they are a form of Rail. Like trains, trolleys, etc

[@digitalphotonicbionic2065]

Salgood Sam yeah it just travels in a tunnel, but they claim the air compressor effect for so call frictionless travel, certainly not the 5th mode example , there were many concepts indeed.

[@AndyCrawford_NorfolkWestern]

As a railroad fan and lover of all things Hyperloop, I'm personally good with this association. However, what makes a railroad a railroad? Rails seem obvious, but is MagLev a railroad, maybe, maybe not, but it's called a Train. Train has more to do with units connected and pulled by a power unit, so multi-trailer trucks on the road, can be called a train, and they do in Australia, where they run as many as 6 trailers. But to be a railroad, rail seems important. Hyperloop doesn't quality under our Train idea, it could, but a single unit doesn't qualify well, and there's not rail for it to be a railroad. It very nearly fly's, in near vacuum using cooled magnets, it is a crossover or fusion of train and aircraft. Because of the distinctions, I think you could qualify it as a fusion of a couple preexisting modes, or as a independent and distinct 5th mode. Just my $0.02.

[@thegustavodag]

+Michael Halpern Well technically there are no airplanes, they are just cars linked to wings...

[@m.hansen1149]

The hypeloop will be absolutely fast, safe, cheap, comfortable, and environmental friendly. Not to mention it will generate more energy than it needs. On top of that it's easy to build, that's why Elon Musk is letting students build it. "It's not that hard." Why does that sound like a scam? 🤣

[@JonathanAdami]

I've read that the hyperloop on large scale would be physically hard to achieve, the short runs are fine but if the sun is hitting the metal, the difference of temperature between the top of the tube and the bottom of the tube on a stretch of few hundreds of km will deform the tube in a dramatic way or something like this... not exactly sure how they'll get around that, especially in sunny/hot countries. Interesting nonetheless! Hypertube between Brisbane Sydney Melbourne sign me in! :D

[@brucemanly]

I think they may end up underground.

[@davidcadman4468]

that would make sense... perhaps that is why EM is getting into Boring Tunnels...

[@JonathanAdami]

Yeah that'd make more sense actually!

[@sickbailey21]

EM will perfect the tunnelling with the car based version and then move in to this if he can make it economically viable. At the moment the boring company looks to be set to just make creating tunnels themselves much cheaper and then being able to capitalise on this however they can.

[@adolfodef]

Since the idea is to power the Hyperloop with solar power and Tesla batteries; the same thing that gives it energy can provide both shade and local active cooling [since it is already required by advanced solar cells to not overheat].

[@voidhabit8438]

What is the emergency exit in the Hyperloop?

[@m.hansen1149]

No exits are needed. Just a mob and a bucket.

[@disco1974ever]

I'm still waiting for a solution to the risk of decompression in the tube. Any decompression at these pressures is instant death to all passengers. Risks of decompression are numerous. From deliberate sabotage, any random projectile, heat/atmospheric expansion, earthquake and many many more. Methods of protecting the tubes, like putting them inside other tubes, increase costs to the point of making them affordable. 250$m shows confidence but if they're so confident of a solution.....TELL US!

[@MsSomeonenew]

Instant death if you were on foot in the tube... pretty sure no one wold let you do that.

[@LuigiRBedin]

Very nice video. (Well done as usual). However, in order of appearance the hyperloop should be the sixth and not the fifth method of transportation ... :) 1. cars 2. trains 3. ships 4. planes 5. ROCKETS!!! 6. hyperloops ciao

[@Logical-Sense]

Every journey is getting more exciting than the previous. I like the new graphics and the background music was also great. I'm excited to know the progress of transportation system just as you are. What is more exciting is that they're planning one in India. Can't wait to see that happen. Until next one, have a great time

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks so much!

[@pauljames1682]

How does this overcome the Kantrowitz Limit?

[@digitalphotonicbionic2065]

Five(5) features of a supersonic travel that needs to acquire, #1- trying to reduce shockwave and drag, this concept would vary by how much vacuum of air, but there is an alternative,#2- instead of vacuum alone , apply vacuum-flow, in which the decompress air isn't much at all, along with air flowing parallel in the cycle loop as well, the craft would burrow in a neutral air while stacked, with a flow to simulate near frictionless path.#3- to travel at supersonic speed, a craft cannot touch close to obstacles in it's path, compression would've need to be extreme with a T-beam track, the beam track would require pure flight levitating, example, an invert Y or X beam levitating slay, because an only bottom T beam track, if for any reason was not aligned, could cause extreme dismantled of the craft/pod limbs. #4 the Pod/Cart/Craft would need a pod-in-pod chamber for G-force turn comfort roll effects, #5 That inner chamber could reduce layer leakage, making near full vacuum safer.

[@pauljames1682]

Search Kantrowitz Limit to learn more.

[@99guspuppet8]

your voice is perfect for these brilliant reports

[@neoscribe2295]

Wow I’m glad you think so!

[@sickbailey21]

Thunderfoot is super against this becoming a reality, but I am still slightly excited to see if it can be realised over the next 10 years. It would be pretty cool if it can be produced in a cost effective manner with technological advances during this time. Thanks for the video again dude :)

[@JonathanAdami]

"Thunderfoot is super against " you could stop there ;)

[@sickbailey21]

well I could but I prefer to have my own opinions

[@JonathanAdami]

It was a joke... I don't know if people still do that nowadays? It was meant to say "if you look at his channel he's against everything" not meant to constrict your realm of available opinions.

[@galvinstanley3235]

sickbailey21 Thunderfoot has been wrong on several BUSTED videos.;i am starting to think he makes videos just too make videos.

[@JonathanAdami]

agreed!

[@gerhardkutt1748]

Very well put together video. Concise and to the point. all within 10 mins ... keep up the great work. This is worth following.

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks!

[@luxaeternae]

best video yet. this one secures my sub.

[@neoscribe2295]

Great!

[@robbyleonard1092]

luxaeternae lol sub secured since day 1

[@davidmurphy563]

The Hyperloop a 5th mode of transport? How is it going to be safe? How is it going to deal with thermal expansion? How is a drop in drag going to justify the costs and risks? As for "open source", the idea is as old as the hills!! Also, he's been taking the rights to the designs submitted in his competitions! Just like he took Tesla, or do you think that was Musk's idea too? Honestly, try to look beyond the marketing for workable engineering solutions.

[@MsSomeonenew]

Engineers, they solve these problems, YT comments... don't solve shit.

[@ira1420]

I absolutely want a hyperloop Turin-Milan-Rome-Naples!!!

[@herronproductions829]

They should make an opposite gender Hyperloop so it can be just "Hyperloop".

[@drew8443]

I'm very excited for the Hyperloop! You really need more subscribers, you're awesome

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks man!

[@toldenfr]

Can you lower your background music? it's disturbing to listen to you with it so loud, thanks

[@neoscribe2295]

Ok

[@compujourney]

why is the speech so slow in this video?

[@Muuip]

The shell of the XP1 should be covered with golf ball like dimples for greater performance.

[@venkateshjakati386]

Nice video keep it up!

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks!

[@venkateshjakati386]

Your welcome

[@rokadamlje5365]

Never been used, a VIrgin basically.

[@kevinlaborde3774]

I wonder, would elon be willing to travel on the hyperloop first trip?

[@lodewijk1036]

Been waiting for this, thanks!

[@neoscribe2295]

You bet!

[@MohammedIqlasUddin]

Awesome vid!!

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks!

[@Br0nson_0]

Wow one hell of a video!

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks!

[@rdooski]

Amazing work! I look at stuff like this all of the time and hadn't heard of the hyperloop. Even worse I live in one of the winning cities. Definitely not getting enough publicity.

[@neoscribe2295]

Thanks so much, hopefully you will ride one in the future!

[@TheMhalpern]

Peter Frencken thunderfoot says that about everything, don't trust him. The fact that so much work is going into it means its more. The reason why it doesn't get much publicity is that the first operational ones aren't expected to come online for 10 to 15 years.

[@kenth151]

This thing will never get off the ground. Way too expensive.

[@MsSomeonenew]

Well so are airplanes, any yet it is the fastest growing transport business.

[@marcusrost9611]

8:26 "I still look forward to see"... Grammar please

[@neoscribe2295]

Yes sir

[@lucasbowering]

Hyperloop one is going down the wrong route by using maglev, it will cost much more to build per mile compared to using air bearings. Just paraphrasing Elon.

[@MsSomeonenew]

I guess that will be one of the many finer points of engineering, upside of maglev you can maintain levitation at any speed at that higher track cost.

[@dougm3037]

Good video. Wouldn't want to be an investor in airlines right now. Hyperloop could potentially kill the demand for passenger aircraft in the not too distant future. Of course I live in the technological backwater of Australia where hyperloop isn't even considered. Can't help but think that this technology could have been developed a little earlier than now if there'd been a push to develop it. Am I wrong in thinking this?

[@adolfodef]

It will only change the TYPE of planes built every year [it may be a downside for airports given how much extra money comes from people having to "live" inside of them for a few hours of their lives while waiting].

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

Everyone is waiting to see it work commercially or at least on a much longer test track.

[@MsSomeonenew]

Well it's one of those make or break moments, maglev was also looking at being a replacement for all rail systems, but since 1979 it's only gained little traction on account of high entry costs. If there is a huge and sudden push it might take over most transportation, or people try it, don't make much money and forget about it for another 50 years.

[@mortkebab2849]

The vehicles would be suitable for an orbital ring.

[@ibrahimjalloh6603]

If we Get Rid Of Amtrak And Switch To Maglev We Can Get To Places Even Faster

[@gwgplate2]

Boring company best add on component. Tunnels 3D. But geological and water seal integrity studies of routes and tunnel lining important. Material and logistic costs may work out cheaper with correct pre planning. Also less environmental rape. Flying cars a good idea but short hops only and must be autonomous and sensor driven. Airballl wrap deployment and capsule protection need for crash or power failures survival as parachute deployment could lead to blade entanglement and be too slow.

[@bharathcoolkkumar462]

there are train that traveling at speed of 500 kmph

[@701983]

Yes, but the energy consumption is very high because of air resistance. And with trains on wheels, there is a lot of tear and wear. And 500 km/h are not 1125 km/h (target top speed of the Hyperloop). If the Hyperloop would work like scheduled, it would be great. But this will probably not be achievable in near future. And yes, conventional high speed trains could also be a reasonable alternative to short distance flights (

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

ahahaha IF its ever built ,,,, it will never go faster than 100 miles an hour avg... and then when it explodes .. a trillion dollars will be abandonned

[@Melvinnn11]

This project will never work... we can't even make high speed rail a reality.

[@Melvinnn11]

well...... here in the US. We have the engineers...but the bureaucracy is a nightmare. I know everywhere else has it perfected.

[@MsSomeonenew]

People who don't invest can't make it happen...

[@Happymars24]

This is cool and all, but wasn't the whole point of Hyperloop at the start to compete with the insanely expensive high speed rail line in California? There is no way that using maglev combined with putting the whole thing in the worlds largest vacuum, that it is as cost effective as rail. That's why it's being built in Dubai no doubt. I think the only shot this thing has is to make Elon's original idea of the air ski's work - that was the only thing that Elon Musk brought to this otherwise old concept, and the only thing that makes Hyperloop cost effective since then you can use plain steel tubes for the most part. I just do not trust Hyperloop One at all. They are globbing on to Elon Musk's fame to make this Maglev train inside a vacuum, which is an old idea and not Elon Musk's Hyperloop. Great video BTW.

[@gabrielzellweger3465]

To be fair tho: The amount of new discoveries and tricks for Engineers to use in the future are not to scoff at. The lessons learned here can for example be used for a ramp system to aid space-rockets.

[@daniel_960_]

I don’t expect it to be cheaper than rail too. The only great opportunity it has is for connecting big cities. The only advantage it has compared to rail is the speed.

[@TheMhalpern]

Actually it uses less power, as you dont have to fight air resistance and you regenerate power when you slow down.. so it can be more cost effective if you are using it enough

[@TheMhalpern]

daniel_960_ one thing to consider its primary target niche is transporting people between major cities, its primarily competing with short distance commercial air,

[@oskarsapsa5618]

Yes Michael, the pod on thesis level shouldn't fight the air pressure, a myriad of wasteful compressors will, and they will be wasteful as sin due to free moving connections on the pipe if they try to elongate current loop models. And no, Hyperloop with pressurised pod, and pipes under vacuum that buckle under uneven heat has an overwhelming potential to attain much lower speeds then European high speed trains that use rails.

[@KuraSourTakanHour]

It's more like an evolution of mag-lev train transport. It's like saying electric cars are the 5th form of transport, when they are a progression of existing one. I think the fifth form of transport is already rocket technology, but that is such an expensive specialised mode of transport it has never been needed for public matters, because the common person has no reason going space, nor the money to go just for leisure. However I hope I can least ride something like a hyper-loop one day

[@neoscribe2295]

Understood

[@ZPositive]

You just can't stop saying trak, can you? ;)

[@neoscribe2295]

Lol

[@m.hansen1149]

Play the drinking game, and take a shot every time 'track' is said.

[@PromethorYT]

Toronto - Montreal Hyper-Loop, I want it !

[@ibrahimjalloh6603]

Hyperloop is The Future Imagine. Traveling From New York to California Under An Hour

[@lockbert99]

Ibrahim Jalloh New York to LA is around 3,000 miles. They only hope for it to go 700 miles in an hour.

[@ibrahimjalloh6603]

You Can Travel From Vancouver To New York in 1hour

[@mikehill5301]

No cows or animals or citizens on the tracks would make it safer..unlike other videos of trains .What we have here is a failure to communicate .if every side intersection had a ten minute delay ...and the entire point a to b grids were coordinated and the dems could talk to the Republicans...Haha Haha no they hahahahaha had to screw the election ballots hahaha.

[@foxpup]

I'm underwhelmed about hyperloop as a concept. Superfast transport has always seemed over-rated to me. Now a fully fleshed out network of pneumatic tubes between all addresses would be much more inspiring. Imaginge if you had one of those bank pneumatic tube stations in your home. Think how convien ient that would be if you handled a lot of cash. Now imagine if it wasn't just banks you could send and recieve from. What if you are working on a project and find yourself needing a 120mm long 8mm bolt to continue. You could just have one shipped to you form the local merchant or warehouse or even neighbor in not time or at least in time for you to be ream out and thread the hole it is going into. Fully automated commerce using tubes like that is much more inspiring. That said, tunnels undergroud for moving people around is a great idea but we don't need wicked speed, especially if network connectivity can be preserved. Only if the technology allows it to be economical should be we be working on such speed which could happen, but I've never been fond of technology that allows us to spread disease across the globe at supersonic speeds. That's going to bite us some day.

[@gwgplate2]

foxpup instant delivery would be by 3D printing. So that way you are not limited by specifications and can have templates in line of products. Main delivery then by pneumatic would be your base materials be it chocolate titanium, plastics, concrete. You are only limited by the printers scale and print methodology. Pressure heat or laser.

[@MsSomeonenew]

"I like my idea of delivering small pieces, but not big ones..."

[@jeffbingaman2754]

Nice report, but I'll say no because of leather seats. Building underground with all the earthquakes sounds sketchy.

[@sickbailey21]

how frequently do earthquakes destroy the subway and other existing underground rail systems?

[@adolfodef]

Building the tubes underground gives no drawback against earthquakes. You will not make the "hole" exactly as wide as the tube, but bigger enough to accomodate the "inertial dampeners" around it [just like they had to do already with the "pilars" sustaining it on the air]; having enough horizontal & vertical "wiggle" to prevent ruptures.