Last weekend, yesterday’s Sunday afternoon, the first manned test of the Virgin Hyperloop ultrafast transport system took place. Passengers who are, of course, employees of the company, made a journey of 500 meters, which may seem extremely modest, but in fact is another, this time – a milestone in creating a system of connections between different locations. The idea of ​​placing a Pegasus capsule in a vacuum tube from the beginning of the project looked interesting, but never before has the technology been tested on real passengers. So let’s check what speed was achieved by the capsule and how far it deviates from assumptions.

The first manned test of Virgin Hyperloop was successful. Co-founder Josh Giegel was accompanied by Sara Luchian, Head of Passenger Service. What’s the next step?

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Virgin Hyperloop plans to create a track that will be able to propel a multi-person capsule to speed 1080 km / h, i.e. 670 mph. The title test taking place on the DevLoop track located in the desert 30 minutes from Las Vegas was not so phenomenal. The trip was limited by speed 100 mph, i.e. approximately 160 km / h. It is also worth adding that the length of the track is only 500 meters and a more effective result should not be expected. The bottom line is that the process was successful. Unmanned tests in 2017 allowed to reach speeds of 386 km / h (240 mph), but yesterday’s passenger comfort mattered.

Source: Virgin Hyperloop, The Verge