MONASH MOTORSPORT BLOG

Hear from our team of engineers, learn more about our cars and find out about our approach to the world of FSAE.

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Modelling to Win with ChassisSim

Monash Motorsport’s recent collaboration with ChassisSim has been helping in the advancement of our vehicle simulations and modelling.

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MMS Joins Forces with Cigweld

Partnering up with Monash Motorsport in late 2015, Cigweld have quickly proven to be an incredibly valuable resource to the team.

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SummerFest at Monash 2016

Following on from an extremely successful WinterFest in 2015, Monash University welcomed the new academic year by holding a week-long event celebrating all things Summer.

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MMS at the Australian F1 Grand Prix

Monash Motorsport were fortunate enough to be on display at the F1 Australian Grand Prix this year, representing the innovation and talent of the next generation of engineering and motorsport in Australia alongside a number of other FSAE teams.

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Powerplus Racing Fuels: Powering MMS

Monash Motorsport is proud to announce our new partnership with Powerplus Racing Fuels, a division of the Australian owned and operated ACB Group who specialise in the manufacture and supply to the chemical industry.

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Keeping Our Cool: Powertrain Cooling Testing

Learn more about how we validate our cooling in our Powertrain with this post from Daniel Kobiela

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M15 First Drive and First Flight

With competition right around the corner, we’re pleased to announce that M15 celebrated its first drive in mid-August!

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Management in FSAE – Part 1: The People

Management of a Formula SAE team comprises of the management of people, resources and technical direction to maintain the core positive attributes of the team whilst continually generating progress and pushing boundaries on every level.

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Laser 3D – Laser cutting, welding, cutting, folding and prototype generation

Laser 3D has been an invaluable sponsor of Monash Motorsport since 2007

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New Rules Freshen the Air around M15

With the introduction of new rules for 2015, Monash Motorsport’s Aerodynamics section has returned to a ground up design philosophy for this year’s aero package.

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Calm Aluminium – Aluminium Supplies

Calm Aluminium is one of our newest gold partners who provide us with outstanding aerospace grade aluminium billet.

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The design process of M15

The design of M15 started last year with the release of 2015 FSAE rules, which drastically changed the parameters to which we have to design the car.

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MMS inspires Kilvington Grammar

With M14 and our Racing Simulator in tow, Monash Motorsport had the opportunity to visit the Kilvington Grammar School Fair.

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Monash Motorsport races to Australian Formula 1

From 12-15 March, Monash Motorsport was present at the Melbourne Formula 1 Grand Prix, displaying the M14 in the Industry and Innovations area.

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MMS attends Asia Pacific Automotive Conference

Monash Motorsport had the opportunity to join the 18th Asia-Pacific Automotive Engineering Conference.

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Traction Control

With 30% more power and over 25% more torque, our new turbocharged car is proving a little hot to handle for the drivers. Luckily we have recently been testing Traction Control (TC) setups for use with our MoTeC ECU.

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3D Printed Titanium Hubs and Uprights

Find out what went into the development of our 3D-printed Titanium hubs and uprights

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Aerodynamics: On–track Flow Visualisation

M13′s aerodynamic package saw huge gains over its predecessors, mostly due to the implementation of a drag reduction system allowing for a more aggressive design for downforce, which was visualised using flow vis paint.