CSUN FSAE - Matador Motorsports
The team worked very hard the last few months to get everything ready for the competition. Unfortunately, the engine had reliability issues and did not perform well at the event. The sleepless nights and endless days in the lab were still worth it as the students gained valuable knowledge in the realm of engineering. We would like to thank our sponsors on making it happen and appreciate all of your hard work. If you did not receive a plaque from us, please email the administrator and we will be sure to send you one immediately.
The CSUN FSAE team benefited considerably from lap simulation work conducted by FSAESim, Oleg Shalygin and David Price. The lapsim software has proven invaluable in the design phase of the project. The simulation software analyzes various vehicle parameters in order to simulate real world driving conditions that can be tied directly to the events at the competition. This software is free and open source(all of the data is posted on the www.fsaesim.com website.
Take a look at the software and join with other teams across the country in designing the best vehicle based on fundamental vehicle dynamics - www.fsaesim.com
Formula SAE
Formula SAE is a highly competitive competition held annually by the Society of Automotive Engineers, co-sponsored by a consortium of companies including General Motors, Ford, Chrysler and Honda. The concept of the competition is to create a fictional manufacturing firm with a professional engineering team to produce a prototype racecar. The target market is the non-professional autocross racer. Students are required to conceive, design, and build a formula style racecar to compete against other universities from around the world. The CSUN Formula One team consists of 16 graduating engineering seniors that are overseen by an engineering faculty advisor. The design and fabrication of the FSAE racecar takes place over a period of nine months. Once our racecar has been manufactured and tested, the team travels to the SAE competition in Fontana, California to compete against engineering schools worldwide.