In the picture below Che enlightens fellow HPV'ers with his knowledge of the steering system.  The proposed system is cable driven and will accomodate various rider heights.  The design will also account for much of the scrubing encountered in previous designs.

Seen also in the above picture is the concept steel frame and one of the hubless front wheels.  There is still a lot of  work to be done, but we feel confident.   We will be working closely with Dr. Wheeler on developing a mylar fairing.   The advantage to a mylar fairing would be it's ease of construction and minimal weight. 

Below: Attendees of the first SFSU Human Powered Vehicle Meeting

From left to right: Tony(Kneeling), Tim, Laura, Luc, Che, Billy(Kneeling), Hailu. 

Note that Laura and Luc are holding our secret weapon.  Don't tell anyone, but......

WE ARE GOING TO KICK BUTT THIS YEAR. GO SFSU!

The project is currently split into five teams: Frame, Drive Train, Steering, Fairing, and Documentation. Sergio will be heading up the frame group.  Luc is currently managing the drive train group, and Che is handling the steering. Aster will be leading the fairing group, and Tony is in charge of the documentation team.   All of our documentation drawings, and analysis are being performed in Pro/E.   All teams report to documentation as they progress, and also report directly to Greg King who heads up the entire HPV project.  All SFSU students are welcome to participate, but competitors are limited to active ASME members who have helped in designing and constructing the bike.  Novell to this years efforts is the addition of an Electrical Team led by Hailu.  The electrical team is responsible for providing instrumentation to record and transmit bike performance parameters including, stress/strain relations, velocity, and acceleration.  This will aide us in fine tuning our bike and in providing valuable information for next year's bike.

Please come and join the party as we prepare for the Year 2000 HPV competition.  We need a name for the bike and a T-Shirt Design.  Any ideas? Send them to Greg_King@amat.com or to GAKII@yahoo.com. 

Also keep in mind that this project gives you great metal working skills, and good application of your engineering theory. Hope to see you at our next meeting.   (Check the Marquis for date, time, and location)

Contact Greg King at gkingii@sfsu.edu and Greg_King@amat.com and GAKII@yahoo.com for more information...