Edinburgh Hyperloop diary: Building Poddy the Second

Trying to achieve high-speed travel in a confined space that is both comfortable and safe is our overriding aim. Our first prototype pod - Poddy McPodface - took us all the way to California and the SpaceX competition in August 2017. We learned so much during this phase, and building on the insights from this event meant that we could begin to design our next prototype pod, named Poddy the Second. But how does something this technologically advanced come about and what have been some of the challenges we’ve encountered along the way?

https://www.theengineer.co.uk/hyperloop-diary-poddy-mcpodface/

We split into five sub-teams to develop Poddy the Second, designed to look at each of the factors that will make Poddy the fastest, safest and best pod in the world. We have teams looking at dynamics, power, software, static and simulations. Our ambitions are lofty but our sense of determination to answer the engineering challenges is loftier!