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Oregon Tech Racing: Baja
A presentation for Oregon SAE student night by Chris Runnels
Agenda
• Group Introduction
• Previous Year’s Goals and Results
• Future Plans and Goals
• Assistance Needed
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Oregon Tech Baja
• Large and diverse team
• Majors:
• Mechanical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering Technology
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Marketing
Competition
• May 30th – June 3rd
• Washougal, Washington
• Events:
• Hill Climb
• Acceleration
• Maneuverability
• Rock Crawl
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Team Goals and Performance in 2017
• Exceeded maximum number of rolls at competition in 2016
• Reduce weight 450 to 375
• Lower center of gravity
• Better handling
• Be in the top 20
• Maneuverability 14th
• 32nd overall in 2017
Improving for 2018
• Mindset• Design competition - design for points• Endurance event – not a race• Pride in Manufacturing - no points• Convey our knowledge to judges and showcase our design
• Simplify, ruggedize, increase manufacturability, ease of maintenance• Want to shed another 25 pounds, 6.7%• Increase wheel travel and ground clearance• Well designed, engineered, and built – not specialized for any one event
• Sales Presentation >37
• Time on track
• Improve Documentation
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Interesting and innovative technical aspects
of our projects.
• Junior and Senior Marketing majors on team
• Unique Drivetrain
• 3rd year of an iterative design process on frame
• Imagars Software
• Great partnership with Formula
• Multiple returning Formula members on Baja team
• Share shop due to construction