Wasub is a Dreamteam with members of the TU Delft, the VU Amsterdam and the Hague university of Applied Sciences. The team consists of more than 25 students of different disciplines. Together they have one goal, design and build a human powered submarine.
Every year a new team designs and build a human powered submarine. This means that all power that is needed for propulsion is provided by a pilot. The pedaling movement of the pilot is converterd into propulsion.
In order to make the submarine as effecient as possible, in the design phase a lot of effort is put into the hydrodynamics. As a result, the submarine is very compact, which gives the pilot little space. For the pilot this can be very claustrophobic. for this reason the pilot is specially trained, to feel as comfortable as possible in the submarine.
Every year a new submarine is designed and build. With this submarine the team will participate in the annual International Submarine Races. During this races different teams from different universities around the globe compete against each other.
In recent years WASUB had great success. In 2016 WASUB VI beat all the other universities during the eISR.
WASUB V currently owns the world-speed record for single person human-powered submarines. during the 13th ISR they reached a speed of 7.42 knots (13.74 km/h). A speed 2 times as fast as an Olympic swimmer.
Every year a new team designs and build a human powered submarine. This means that all power that is needed for propulsion is provided by a pilot. The pedaling movement of the pilot is converterd into propulsion.
In order to make the submarine as effecient as possible, in the design phase a lot of effort is put into the hydrodynamics. As a result, the submarine is very compact, which gives the pilot little space. For the pilot this can be very claustrophobic. for this reason the pilot is specially trained, to feel as comfortable as possible in the submarine.
Every year a new submarine is designed and build. With this submarine the team will participate in the annual International Submarine Races. During this races different teams from different universities around the globe compete against each other.
In recent years WASUB had great success. In 2016 WASUB VI beat all the other universities during the eISR.
WASUB V currently owns the world-speed record for single person human-powered submarines. during the 13th ISR they reached a speed of 7.42 knots (13.74 km/h). A speed 2 times as fast as an Olympic swimmer.