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For the first ever Not-a-Boring Competition (run by The Boring Company), UMD Loop is working to “beat the snail” by designing, building, manufacturing, and testing an innovative micro tunnel boring machine (TBM). Leveraging university connections, veteran team member experience, and our extensive alumni network, UMD Loop is shaping up a design that will set the pace for the TBM industry. Throug...

SpaceX Hyperloop Competition 2, Spring/Summer 2017

The assembly of UMD Loop's frame took place over the course of 10 days. The frame consists of 1/16" thick aluminum sheets, joined together along their edges by shear clips with aluminum rivets. The frame was designed by Kyle Kaplan, assisted by members of the Mechanical Systems team. This video was edited and produced by team member, Victor Meszaros.

An overview of the weekend in LA: competition comes first, but once that was over, we had a little more time to explore. Video made by Alla Bliskovsky. Song 1: Training in the Fire by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: www.twinmusicom.org/ Song 2: Loophole Fragment by Silent Partner

Half the team arrived in LA with some time to spare before the competition - here's a montage of the sites we saw on that day! Video made by Alla Bliskovsky.

During our 2nd run at Competition Weekend (1/29/2017), Prometheus reached a top speed of approximately 25 mph, surpassing the speed needed to achieve levitation. By cross-referencing this video with predicted levitation data and on-board accelerometer data, we were able to confirm levitation! Watch as the wheels slide from side to side as the pod lifts off the ground.