On September 21st the production ULTra vehicle took its first trip on the full guideway at Heathrow. This followed earlier runs by the special survey vehicle to establish the full data set for vehicle guidance.
Test were also performed to check on the aerodynamic effects of two vehicle passing each other at maximum speed. The effects were shown to be entirely negligible.
The production vehicle on its way out of Terminal 5 to the T5 Business Car Park
The production vehicle passing across the bridge over the perimeter track
A comparison of the production and special survey vehicles
