HyperXite
HyperXite was created to meet the challenges of SpaceX’s Hyperloop Competition. This is HyperXite’s fourth iteration, competing in SpaceX’s Fourth Hyperloop Pod Competition in the summer of 2019. Our goal is to build a high speed, self-propelled Hyperloop pod and complete a successful vacuum run during the Fourth SpaceX Hyperloop Competition in the Summer of 2019.
The competition was founded by Elon Musk to find a way to create the fastest land based mode of transportation, in particular, to find an alternative to California’s future “high speed rail.” Musk and his team came up with the idea of a “Hyperloop,” a near vacuum tube that would allow a pod or a capsule to reach high speeds by riding a cushion of air to reduce friction.
The competition itself is based on teams’ pod designs, with an emphasis on maximum speed. This year, HyperXite is modifying our pod used in Competition III to improve our overall design and better focus on the maximum speed.
HyperXite has done well in the last three competitions. Last summer, HyperXite was one of the top 22 finalists that attended Competition III. Additionally, the HyperXite pod was one of the only air levitated pods to be tested within the Hyperloop itself during Competition II and placed in the top 6. In Competition I, HyperXite was one of the semifinalists and placed fifth for their overall design worldwide.
More information?
Visit www.hyperxite.com & www.spaceX.com/hyperloop
Questions?
Team management
Roger Rangel
Professor, Advisor
rhrangel@uci.edu
Jason Edward Lee
Team Captain
jasonel@uci.edu
Adora Anoud Tadros
Project Manager
aatadros@uci.edu
Daniella Jimenez
Assistant Project Manager
dgjimene@uci.edu
