Delft Hyperloop is a student team at TU Delft that designs and builds its own hyperloop pod. With their prototype they want to contribute to a new way of travelling. The Hyperloop IV was built for an international competition in Los Angeles. Because of corona, it was cancelled at the last minute. The team then decided to go after their own speed record, on a test track in Hilversum.

The film had two goals: make the technology understandable and build the tension towards record day.

We followed the same faces, like chief engineer Sasha Ivlev and Sebastian Jordan from Sense & Control, through every part of the build. They explain what they work on while they work on it: the wheels for the open track, the suspension, the batteries and the electronics that form the brain of the pod. With animator Jan-Willem Nijsink we made 3D animations that show how it all fits together.

Everything builds towards one test day. Will the team reach 400 kilometres per hour?

The documentary has been viewed almost 8,000 times on YouTube, without paid promotion. Films For Change licensed it for their streaming platform.

A complex project becomes clear once you follow the people who build it.