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Test run in the vacuum chamber at the Bremen Centre for Space Technology and Microg. All systems work reliably under pressure conditions which correspond to about six times the altitude of a transatlantic flight.

 The leap across the pond has been made, the racing team in Los Angeles has moved in and is being prepared for testing. The 1.1 tonne air cargo was cleared by customs on 17.08.17. Since the planned delivery on 14.08.17 unfortunately fell through, the students had to compress their schedule significantly and use every free minute to complete the remaining work on time.

After the high-speed capsule has been checked over and made functional again, the pod is transported to SpaceX's headquarters in Los Angeles.

The magnets were tuned for competition conditions on dedicated test tracks and the drum brakes were adjusted and optimised

SpaceX führte zunächst einige Sicherheitstests bezüglich der kritischen Komponenten der Hochgeschwindigkeitskapsel durch, welche mit Bravour abgeschlossen wurden. An den folgenden Tagen müssen die Studenten den kritischen Fragen der SpaceX Mitarbeiter standhalten und ihre Systeme in diversen Tests unter Beweis stellen. Nur wer den Juroren beweisen kann, dass das System auch unter den Bedingungen der Vakuumröhre funktioniert, darf schlussendlich in die Röhre.

Der Pod wurde gerade in der Vakuumkammer des Raumfahrtunternehmens SpaceX getestet und mit Bravour bestanden!

For the last few days, the students had to prove that their pod would pass the full run in the tube. After this was completed, the students were allowed to test the pod on the external track on which the vehicle is pushed with a pusher. Now it will be released for the open air tube. A complete run only under air pressure instead of vacuum conditions! After all these tests, the magnets can be used!

Although they were unfortunately not selected for the final run on Sunday, the Medan company and the whole team is proud to be among the top 6 of 150 teams worldwide. The team was honoured by SpaceX with an innovation award at the "Hyperloop Pod Competition II"! With this award for safety and brake control systems, they secure one of three innovation awards given.

In an exciting pre-final after six days of competition, the team was nominated on Saturday afternoon as one of seven teams for the test run in the vacuum tube at normal pressure. This was the last hurdle to be allowed to start in the final run. The availability of the test track was limited due to technical difficulties on the last day, so that this final test could not be carried out. The students were able to present themselves in perfect technical condition in all previous tests. For safety reasons, only the teams that have passed all safety tests are allowed into the tube with their competition vehicle.