Hyperloop lets you travel on a resonant acoustic wave?

Post by bigfudge » Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 9:59 PM UTC

VLM wrote: post #59

rorrr2 wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Either way, pretty much any accident will result in everyone's death. Car accidents at 50 MPH result in 80% death. 760 MPH is much much much more, considering the amount of energy needed to be dispersed grows quadratically (E = 0.5 * m * v^2)

"Car accidents at 50 MPH result in 80% death." Actual stats from Great Britain in 2008 on motorways, presumably always speed limit above 50 MPH, "6% of the total killed, 3% of total seriously injured, 5% of total with slight injuries." at least per wikipedia. So there's about a 9 in 10 chance if you crash on a GB motorway, at least in 2008, you'll walk away without a scratch, rather than your 1 in 5 stat. Also all mi…

Post by dhughes » Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 10:11 PM UTC

dkrich wrote: post #37

dhughes wrote: post #10

6,437km/h (4,000mph) to zero is going to be one hell of a stop.

Yeah, where did you get those numbers? The distance from SF to LA is about 380 miles, and the speed of sound is about 760 mph. Whether or not the principles of sound movement are involved in Musk's plan, the speed is roughly equivalent if we're talking traveling back and forth in half an hour. Still a jolt, but you're talking about six times that.

Post by bjornsing » Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 10:33 PM UTC

tommypalm wrote: post #64

VLM wrote: post #57

A Hyperloop sounds to me like a marketed trademarked copyrighted patented implementation of a traditional Launch Loop aka Space Fountain. A wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch_loop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_fountain You could buy a kids toy circa 2005 implementing a model of the design using what looks like a shoelace and a blacklight. My kids thought it was pretty cool. So, take a magnetically co…

Except that Musk has said it's the 5th mode of Earth Transport after Trains, Cars, Airplanes and Boats.

Post by kolev » Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 11:14 PM UTC

Post by bdamm » Sun, Jul 28, 2013, 11:37 PM UTC

sachingulaya wrote: post #68

kolev wrote: post #67

I can't wait for Elon Musk to silence all the low self-esteem full-of-envy idiots talking shit about him and mentioning "vaporware" without even understanding how vaporware works! I bet $100 he'll have a prototype to showcase given the engineering power at his disposal.

I'll take that $100 bet.