The Baja SAE competition series is an annual challenge for college students to design, fabricate, and test off-road vehicles for a racing setting. Last year, the UCI Baja SAE team was proud to participate in competition against 99 other institutions despite the fact that the school had not developed a Baja car in ten years.
Even with just one season under our belt, we’ve already gained some insight about what it takes to succeed both as a project and as a competition participant. Our main goal is to complete all competition events without suffering more damage than a few scratches and dings, and our objectives stem from that goal. We aim to:
-Reduce vehicle weight by 70 lbs for greater nimbleness
-Shorten our wheelbase by 20 inches for greater steering response
-Toughen up our suspension system to prevent yielding
-Reduce our vehicle top speed to ~35 mph in the interest of more torque and acceleration
-Reduce vehicle weight by 70 lbs for greater nimbleness
-Shorten our wheelbase by 20 inches for greater steering response
-Toughen up our suspension system to prevent yielding
-Reduce our vehicle top speed to ~35 mph in the interest of more torque and acceleration
March Status Update for Raider
March 1, 2016February Status Update for Raider
February 2, 2016Check Out Our First Render of Raider!
November 16, 2015Raider’s Chassis is Coming Along Nicely
October 28, 2015
J. Michael McCarthy
Professor, Advisor
jmmccart@uci.edu
http://synthetica.eng.uci.edu/
http://mechanicaldesign101.com/
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