Team TU Delft won at the Human Powered Submarine Contest

Wasub II, the human-powered submarine built by TU Delft students, won two prizes this summer at the Human Powered Submarine Contest (HPS) 2006 in Escondido, California. It won prizes for the Best Sub Design and Best Manufacturing. Wasub is a TU Delft student team that designs, builds and races human-powered submarines. The team comprises Dutch and Belgian students, enrolled in various TU faculties. The Wasub II, successor to Wasub from 2005, has a torpedo-shaped hull in which one pilot can fit. The pilot lies on his stomach and must cycle to propel it. The submarine is filled with water and the pilot must breathe compressed air. Wasub II has now been shipped back to the Netherlands, where the team will repair the sub and improve its design. Eurogates. Forum of education news