Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
11/8/24 2:41 p.m.
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It’s a Sunday morning, you’re taking a relaxing walk through Daytona Beach’s Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University campus and then you hear it. Race car? Where? 

In the parking lot behind the College of Engineering, you’ll find the school’s FSAE team, ERAU Motorsp…

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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/8/24 2:56 p.m.

Yep, look for more FSAE content coming up. 

Slippery
Slippery UltimaDork
11/8/24 4:15 p.m.

I went on a trip to Arkansas with a couple of UNF FSAE friends, Paris' name came up :)

APEowner
APEowner UltraDork
11/8/24 6:23 p.m.

A while ago blowing up an engine on my dyno seemed to be part of the UNM FSAE team preseason testing.  I think they did that three years in a row.

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
11/11/24 12:05 a.m.

In reply to Slippery :

All good things I hope haha. The UNF team are full of great students, I ran into a few of them at HSR.

Paris Van Gorder
Paris Van Gorder Associate editor
11/11/24 12:08 a.m.

In reply to APEowner :

Blowing up an engine is a right of passage for any FSAE team I fear. That's why backups are a must. 

chaparral
chaparral SuperDork
11/11/24 12:25 a.m.

In reply to David S. Wallens :

Do you want a design judge / former competitor to write some FSAE content for you?

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/12/24 9:28 a.m.

I saw some dudes in ERAU FSAE shirts while at IKEA this weekend. 

Slippery
Slippery UltimaDork
11/13/24 11:03 a.m.
Paris Van Gorder said:

In reply to Slippery :

All good things I hope haha. The UNF team are full of great students, I ran into a few of them at HSR.

Yeah, both spoke highly of you! Nathan and Alex are cool kids and very passionate about FSAE. 

Alex has a cool Porsche too:

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
11/19/24 1:12 p.m.

Dang. That is a cool Porsche. 

chaparral
chaparral SuperDork
12/5/24 3:43 p.m.

The most pre-competition testing I've heard of was 720 miles for the Texas A&M team in 2017.

Their finishing position reflected this. 

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