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Hyperloop Pod Competition – behind the scenes

Photos by Yannick Strümpler, 30.8.2018

The third Hyperloop Pod Competition in Los Angeles saw ETH's Swissloop team compete against teams from all over the world.

Student teams from all over the world developed transport capsules or "pods" for Elon Musk's Hyperloop vision: the Tesla founder is seeking to create a transport system in which people and goods travel through vacuum tubes at over 1,000 kilometres per hour.

After their Pod “Mujinga” had passed the first tests very successfully, the Swissloop team missed being amongst the finalists. One of the inverters suffered a failure during a vacuum chamber test at SpaceX. This caused their high-power batteries to be short-circuited. Despite extensive efforts to fix them, the internal cells remain damaged. In the long term, the students are aiming to use Hyperloop technology to revolutionise freight transport in Switzerland. They envision deploying a form of modern pneumatic tube to transport packages a great deal faster and in a more eco-friendly way than at present. This would be achieved via a nationwide underground Hyperloop network. (Excerpt from ETH News)

Team participant Yannick Strümpler provided us with first hand pictures from the behind the scenes of the competition in LA!
Team Swissloop in front of the vacuum tube (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
A prototype of a linear motor by Chris Timperio (a possible propulsion system for future Hyperloop designs) - the main PCB (printed circuit board) - burnt inverter part due to high voltage arching (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
All participating teams presenting their designs in their booth (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
Elon Musk visiting the teams (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
Engineers from SpaceX and The Boring Company signed our shell - we were so grateful for their support! (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
Team WARR getting ready for their final run (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
Meeting a Californian representative of our Swiss sponsor Stäubli providing the high voltage plugs for the batteries (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
Mujinga displayed at the Swissloop booth (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
The team spirit was still high even after having taken the defeat (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)
The competition was a great opportunity to connect with engineering students from all around the world (photo credit: Yannick Strümpler/ETH Zurich)

About the photographer

Yannick Strümpler is 21 years old and currently studying electrical engineering and information technology in his 6th semester. At Swissloop he was responsible for control engineering.

Apart from his studies, Yannick has a passion for portrait photography. You can find more information on his website: www.yannickandrephoto.com
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