Join Us for ‘From Water to Air’, a Social Evening at Carbonix

Carbonix Evening

Carbonix founder and CLA member Dario Valenza has very kindly offered to host the club at the Caronix premises in Artarmon for a social evening on Wednesday the 25th of July. There, he will show us their composite processes and drone integration works.

Carbonix produces complete drone solutions for commercial, industrial and military applications. Founded in 2011 as CarbonicBoats, the business started out designing and producing racing yachts and components in advanced composite materials. With success in international competition came opportunities to apply this know-how to other fields, including automotive and aeronautical projects.

In 2014 Carbonix won a bid to supply UAV airframes to an overseas customer. Following successful delivery of that contract the business increasingly specialised in drones.

Since then, Carbonix has added increasing capabilities in electronics integration, developing proprietary autopilot and avionics systems.

Today it offers two ranges of off-the-shelf long-endurance VTOL fixed wing drones and is constantly working on upgrades, improvements and next-generation models. Learn more about them here.

Their address is 59 Whiting St. Artarmon, and if that sounds familiar, it is because they moved into the old Simply Sports Cars digs. One of those interesting coincidences.

May 2018 Edition of Chunky’s Chatter Available for Download

Chunky's Chatter May 2018

Image: The Lotus FT S430 launch in Melbourne last month, thanks to Bill Hucker

All too fresh from a date with the polar vortex, we have the latest edition of Chunky’s Chatter available to download from the members’ page of the website. Grab a copy, and enjoy!

The May edition of Chunky’s Chatter includes:

  • Jim Clark weekends both here and in Scotland
  • Australians Ron Uffindell and Derek Jolly – did they keep the fledgling Lotus company alive?
  • Alastair Browne returns with this year’s ‘Fly the Flag’ rally
  • Tons of news from Western Australia

And much more! Enjoy Chunky’s lighthearted and sometimes irreverent monthly look at the world of Lotus.

Head to the members’ page to download your copy. And if you’re not a member already, have a browse around the site and hit up our membership page here to find out why you should be!

Wrapping Up Targa Tasmania 2018 with Lotus On the Podium

Images thanks to Lotus Cars Australia

A belated ‘Welcome home!’ to the lucky group of Lotus travellers who took part in the 2018 Targa Tasmania, and a huge congratulations to everyone involved in the competition as well as Lotus Cars Australia and Simply Sports Cars for another unforgettable event. Targa Tasmania 2018 was a big one for Lotus, with 12 cars entered, podiums in every category entered and the return of the awesome Lotus Tour.

Paul D’Ambra has put together a great wrap-up on the Simply Sports Cars website, which you can find right here. Or, read on for some highlights and images thanks to Paul D’Ambra and Lotus Cars Australia.

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May 2018 Edition of Lotus Notes Available to Download

Lotus Notes May 2018

The Lotus & Clubman Notes team have put together a magic edition of the magazine for May, 2018, and it’s now available to download from the website.

Lotus & Clubman Notes is the official magazine of Lotus Club Victoria and Lotus Club Queensland, and includes contributions from the other branches of Club Lotus Australia as well.

This month’s magazine features:

  • Simply Sports Cars – Melbourne Launch
  • Quokka Talk: WA’s Lotus Scene
  • Formula 1 Melbourne Grand Prix Lotus Display
  • LCV Movie Night at the Backlot Studios
  • The Lotus Exige Sports Car Enters the 2018 Australian Production Cars (APC) Series
  • My Lotus Story (Part 1) – Barry Ellis

And a whole lot more!

The newsletter is a membership benefit of Club Lotus Australia, and will as such require you to be logged in to your members account. Download it from our ‘Members‘ page.

If you’re not a member yet, hit this link to find out more about the club and why you should become one!