Milky
19th October 2005, 21:53
Hey guys,
Some of you may know I am involved in Auckland University's Formula SAE team. The FSAE competition is a worldwide design and build competition for budding engineers to develop a small, single seater race car for use in a theoretical production class. The rules stipulate maximum engine size, minimum wheelbase and a reproduction cost of less than $30,000 Australian among other things. This means we have to be highly innovative in our packaging, componentry and costings.
Last year was our first attempt at the Australian competition, and the first from ANY New Zealand team. We placed 6th, the best rookie finish in the 23 year history of the competition. We took out the FISITA best endeavour award for this effort, and things are looking bright for an equally impressive performance this year. Our aim is to win the competition outright, beating all the Aussie teams who have been doing this for many years.
All our funding comes from local sponsorship, which we work very hard to obtain and honour. We recieve frequent media coverage, and are a perfect vehicle for businesses or individuals wishing to support this country's up and coming young engineers.
Unfortunately, our pushing of boundaries has some significant costs. Without further investment in the team we will struggle to achieve our goals, and would hate to see such a promising vision compromised. In this vein, I make an impassioned plea to all of you to make a contribution to the team, whatever size it is. If every active member donated just five dollars, we would be well on the way to financing our rigorous testing and logistics programme for the competition.
If you feel motivated to donate, please do so. If you know others who would be interested in supporting this exciting team, please let them know about us. No donation will be considered too small.
Yours Sincerely,
Johan de Beurs
UoA FSAE
www.fsae.co.nz (http://www.fsae.co.nz)
Some of you may know I am involved in Auckland University's Formula SAE team. The FSAE competition is a worldwide design and build competition for budding engineers to develop a small, single seater race car for use in a theoretical production class. The rules stipulate maximum engine size, minimum wheelbase and a reproduction cost of less than $30,000 Australian among other things. This means we have to be highly innovative in our packaging, componentry and costings.
Last year was our first attempt at the Australian competition, and the first from ANY New Zealand team. We placed 6th, the best rookie finish in the 23 year history of the competition. We took out the FISITA best endeavour award for this effort, and things are looking bright for an equally impressive performance this year. Our aim is to win the competition outright, beating all the Aussie teams who have been doing this for many years.
All our funding comes from local sponsorship, which we work very hard to obtain and honour. We recieve frequent media coverage, and are a perfect vehicle for businesses or individuals wishing to support this country's up and coming young engineers.
Unfortunately, our pushing of boundaries has some significant costs. Without further investment in the team we will struggle to achieve our goals, and would hate to see such a promising vision compromised. In this vein, I make an impassioned plea to all of you to make a contribution to the team, whatever size it is. If every active member donated just five dollars, we would be well on the way to financing our rigorous testing and logistics programme for the competition.
If you feel motivated to donate, please do so. If you know others who would be interested in supporting this exciting team, please let them know about us. No donation will be considered too small.
Yours Sincerely,
Johan de Beurs
UoA FSAE
www.fsae.co.nz (http://www.fsae.co.nz)