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 Calvin starts a new project for a two seater speedbike, Titan. The design is similar in many ways to a scaled up Eta prime. The vehicle is not quite finished in time to leave for WHPSC but the team brings it along and finishes it by Wednesday night. On Friday night Calvin and Evan push Titan to 120.27 km/h (74.73 mi/h) and set a new world tandem record.
-== New Direction ==
+== Current and Future Projects ==
-With the team once again growing in terms of membership and ambition, it was decided that HPVDT should begin to tackle more and larger projects. Since late 2014, we have never been doing only one thing. As part of this expansion, HPVDT is no longer exclusively working on land vehicles.
+For the 2019-2020 year, HPVDT will build a vehicle to compete at both ASME 2020 and WHPSC 2020 under multitrack. Several vehicle configurations are currently being considered including a diamond-configuration quadcycle and a delta tricycle.
-=== 2014 - 2015 ===
+The team is also resuming its long forestalled Axios submarine project, with the goal of finally getting it in the water by early 2020.
-Again working towards a more practical vehicle design, the team came up with a partially-faired lowracer - a recumbent bike with very little frontal area. The design included several novel features, including an ill-fated carbon leaf spring suspension system.
-The 2015 ASME competition was a mixed experience. The new Viteza design proved less versatile than expected, and the suspension system introduced unanticipated instabilities. Regardless, the team scored well in Innovation and won 1st place in the Design event.
+Titan will receive upgraded electronics, mechanical enhancements, and aerodynamic fairing before returning to WHPSC 2020.
-During the summer term, several members of HPVDT undertook to construct an updated version of the Eta speedbike, to be called Eta Prime. While not completed in time for WHPSC 2015, the new speedbike project made excellent progress. Among the modifications made were a lighter fairing, a stiffer frame, and an updated electronics package.
-Concurrently with work on the new speedbike, HPVDT undertook to design and build a human-powered submarine with the goal of smashing existing records for both speed and endurance. The project began with a feasibility study followed by extensive research into hydrodynamics, SCUBA technology, and safety systems. By the end of 2015, all major design decisions had been made and work was progressing towards finalization of the hydrodynamic shape.
-[[File:Viteza.jpg|500px|Viteza at ASME HPVC 2015]]  [[File:Eta Prime Outer Shell.JPG|500px]] [[File:CM4_2.JPG|500px| Axios submarine rendering during the early design phase]]
-=== 2015 - 2016 ===
-While continuing work on Axios and Eta Prime, HPVDT designed an improved version of Vortex called Cyclone. Cyclone features a more sophisticated drivetrain structure, retractable landing gear for low speed stability, and improved composites techniques, resulting in a lighter vehicle. The vehicle was not completed in time for ASME 2016, but was completed and raced at the Northbrook Velodrome in July of that year.
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